A Unified Basketball team made up of Louisville area athletes and University of Louisville students reached the championship game of the National Unified Basketball Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
Strong Minds Joins SOKY Healthy Athletes Offerings
The Strong Minds Healthy athletes initiative made its Kentucky debut at the State Basketball tournament. It focuses on teaching athletes active coping strategies to handle stress and connect better with others.
Weather Announcement for April 7-8
Area 6 Track Canceled. Other Ents Will Go On As Scheduled
Team Kentucky’s Next Stop is Seattle!
With training camp behind them, Team Kentucky is ready for its trip to Seattle and the 2018 USA Games. The team leaves June 30, with Opening Ceremonies scheduled for July 1.
Calloway Students To Attend Youth Leadership Experience
Calloway County High School Unified pair Cheryl Chestnut and Kathryn Foster will travel to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle with Team Kentucky to take part in the Youth Leadership Experience held there.
Strong Minds Joins SOKY Healthy Athletes Lineup
Strong Minds – a Healthy Athletes initiative which helps athletes build coping skills – made its debut at the 2018 Special Olympics Kentucky State Basketball Tournament. It is the seventh offering in SOKY’s Healthy Athletes program.
Derringer, Ghant Named 2017 Athlete, Coach of the Year
Dallas Derringer of Louisville and Michael Ghant of Frankfort were honored as the 2017 Special Olympics Kentucky Athlete and Coach of the Year.
2018 Spring Sports Season Rolling
Spring Sports Season is fast approaching. With five sports all leading to the State Summer Games, Spring is the busiest time of year for our athletes.
Louisville Plunge Becomes “No Splash Bash”
Flooding, Continuing Weather Concerns Force Change of Plans for the Louisville Polar Plunge Flooding and continued weather concerns in Louisville have forced Special Olympics Kentucky to convert their annual Polar Plunge fundraiser, which was scheduled for tomorrow, into a “No Splash Bash” that will be held tomorrow at HopCat at 1064 Bardstown Rd. HopCat was …
Dayton Elementary School Boasts Kentucky’s First Unified Young Athletes
Lincoln Elementary in Dayton, Ky., Took Its First-of-its-Kind Program on the Road Doing something unprecedented is hard at a place that’s been around as long as the Super Bowl Bellewood in Newport. But something unprecedented took place there on Tuesday, Jan. 30. That was the day of the first field trip for the Unified Young …