The 2023 Special Olympics Kentucky State Summer Games marked the 11th year that Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives has served as the Platinum Sponsor of the Games, making them the largest single supporter of our biggest event of the year. And while their financial support of the Summer Games is a massive lift to the Games, …
World Games Open June 17!
Kentucky’s Athletes and Coaches are enjoying Host Town and Awaiting Ceremonies It’s World Games Week!!! Kentucky athletes Lee Dockins and Wake Mullins, Unified partner Dennis Gaines and coaches Mary Fehrenbach and Debbie Ogden have arrived safely in Germany with the Special Olympics USA Team. The five left from Lexington and Northern Kentucky airports on Saturday, …
World Games Just Weeks Away
Kentucky Special Olympics USA Delegates Depart June 10 After more than a year of waiting (and practicing), the two Kentucky athletes, one Unified partner and two coaches who will participate in the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games as part of the Special Olympics USA team are just over a week away from leaving for …
Summer Sports Season Tees Off in July
Athletes have been preparing since before the State Summer Games, and now that it’s July it’s time for our summer sports season to tee off! Our Summer season includes our fewest sports of the four seasons with only golf and softball contested, but with the popularity of softball especially, more than 1,000 athletes are expected …
Unified Robotics Joins UCS Programming
It’s time to get your gears turning! Introduced this year as a new non-traditional activity for our Unified Champions Schools, Unified Robotics has been a new way to introduce students into the field of STEM while also building life skills such as leadership, teamwork and critical thinking. On February 17, four middle schools from Jefferson …
2023 Spring Sports Season About to Hit Stride
Teams are already forming for the 2023 Special Olympics Kentucky Spring Sports Season, which really gets going after our State Basketball Tournament. Now is the time to make plans to take part either as an athlete or volunteer. The Spring Sports Season includes swimming, soccer, bocce, rhythmic gymnastics and of course track and field. Most …
SOKY Hosts Esports Rocket League Tournament
Teams from Five States Compete in First Event on SOKY Twitch Stream On November 17 Special Olympics Kentucky hosted and streamed a Unified Rocket League event consisting of Unified Teams from Special Olympics Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, and Arizona. While SOKY has hosted several Rocket League tournaments in the past, this was this first one …
Winter Sports Off to a Fast Start
Winter Games are Fast Approaching and Basketball Has Started Throughout the State The 2023 SOKY winter sports season is well underway just days into the new year. The State Winter Games – our first championship event of the year – is fast approaching and basketball leagues and invitational tournaments are already underway. The winter sports …
Athletes, Coaches Travel to World Games Camp
Five from Kentucky Officially Start Journey to Berlin The two athletes, one unified partner, and two coaches who will represent Kentucky as part of the Special Olympics USA Team at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games with their trip to the Special Olympics USA Team Trials in November. The Team Trials were held Nov. …
2022 Fall Sports Season Underway
Program’s Busiest Season Heats Up in October The fall rivals spring in the Special Olympics Kentucky calendar for sheer number of athletes competing and competition options. And the energy really cranks up in October. All of our bowling athletes will compete in Area Bowling Tournaments this month. Flag Football teams will also compete in their …