Special Olympics Indiana Marshall and Starke Counties Participates in Bowling Tournament

Special Olympics Indiana Marshall & Starke counties just completed our 2nd Fall Bowling Tournament! 

Our bowling Tournament was held at Bowlaway Lanes in Knox.  We had over 40 athletes from Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski Counties compete on December 7th.  Due to the large number of athletes, we had two separate sessions. Coached by Elizabeth Polstra and Bobby Hodge.

Across both sessions we had over 15 volunteers.  These volunteers are very appreciated.  To do a bowling Tournament of this capacity it takes several Volunteers to make it happen.  We had volunteers coaching, lane attendants, score keepers, award presenters, and of course an amazing cheer section!  If you are interested in becoming a volunteer and witness some of the most amazing experiences of your life, please contact us.  We offer many different sports to those with intellectual disabilities throughout the year.

We had several divisions for this tournament from youth (juniors & seniors), men, and women’s divisions.  Athletes practiced for eight weeks leading up the tournament.

Tournament results:

Women’s Division 31: 1st Samantha Hunt, 2nd Taylor Hesting (left to right)
Women’s Division 32: 1st Place Brittney Riffle
Men’s Division 33: 3rd Lucas Thangam, 2nd Cash Little, 1st Christopher Rodriquez(left to right)
Men’s division 35: 4th Tom Cripe, 3rd Jared Holt, 2nd David Renz, 1st Wesley Fletcher (left to right)
Women’s Ramp Division 63: 1st Ellen Akes
Men’s Ramp Division 64: 2nd Dominic Moore, 1st Nate Stevenson, MSSO volunteer Tammy San Nicolas(left to right)
Women’s Ramp Division 62: 3rd Monika Luttman, 2nd Kathy Snyder(left to right) , 1st Makayla Strickland(back)
Senior Girls Division 51: 1st Mariah Leininger
Junior Boys Division 53: 1st Xavier Lawrence
Junior Boys Division 54: 3rd Asher Short, 2nd Gavin Gordon, 1st Jake Green (left to right)
Men’s Division 56: 1st Michael Seaman
Men’s Division 36: 3rd Kent Parker, 2nd Bryan Rans, 1st Michael Wise (left to right)
1st Place ramp bowlers division 41 and 42: Debra Kuhn and Joe Velchek (left to right) (in back) Coach Bobby Hodge