Maple students at Special Olympics provincials

Yorkregion.com
May 25, 2016

A group of students from Maple High School will be gunning for gold at the Special Olympics Provincial School Championships next week.

The school has a team competing in unified basketball, a sport where teams are comprised of players who have a disability and players who don’t.

The Special Olympics Provincial Championships takes place June 1 to 3 at Durham College and Oshawa Civic Recreation Complex.

The competition features more than 800 students from across the province competing in one of five sports: bocce, basketball, soccer, track and field and floor hockey.

Teams qualified by participating in regional qualifiers across Ontario this school year.

“The School Championships is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the on-going success of programs in the school system. For many students, it provides an opportunity to be part of a team and travel to competition” stated Glenn MacDonell, president and CEO of Special Olympics Ontario.