#SundaySpotlight: Top Moments From USA Games
A week like the one Special Olympics Southern California athletes, Unified partners, coaches and staff experienced at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle creates a ...
#USAGames Today: Grand Finale
SEATTLE, Wash. - It is the final day of competition for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. Special Olympics Southern California athletes (Team SOSC) will take the stage on the track and in the pool before the closing ceremony will end the games at 7 p.m. The day will begin with Sarah Kovacs and Robert ...
USA Games Spotlight: Nicholas Laguna
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games represent quite the full-circle turnaround for 18-year-old Nicholas Kagasoff Laguna. It's also an emotional moment of joy for his fathers, Denny Kagasoff and Lawrence Laguna. The child who initially wanted nothing to do with the water has blossomed into a competitive swimmer for Special Olympics Southern California. ...
#USAGames Today: Medal Thursday for Team Sports
SEATTLE, Wash. - It is a big medal Thursday for Special Olympics Southern California (Team SOSC) at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. July 5 will be a busy day, especially in the team sports as medals will be given out in women's basketball, unified basketball, unified soccer and softball. It will also be a ...
2018 USA Games: July 4 Round-up
A handful of Special Olympics Southern California athletes celebrated the Fourth of July in style, raking in medals as the competitions heat up. Golf REDMOND, Wash. -- All three Team SOSC golfers medaled in their respective divisions Wednesday at Willows Run Golf Course. Both Kent Menendez and Kyle Aragon had a host of supporters make ...
USA Games Spotlight: Kent Menendez
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Kent Menendez could be in line for a Fourth of July he won't soon forget. The golfer is one shot behind the leader in Level 5, Division 4 stroke play at Willows Run Golf Course. Kent has remained steady through the first two rounds, shooting a 79 on Day 1 and 82 ...
2018 USA Games: July 3 Round-up
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Two more Special Olympics Southern California teams felt the joy of a victory at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games for the first time on Tuesday. Both the women's basketball team and Unified soccer team bounced back from 0-2 starts in pool play. Women's Basketball Bernadette Valencia scored 10 of her 12 ...
#USAGames Today: A Team SOSC 4th of July
SEATTLE, Wash. - It is day three for Special Olympics Southern California's athletes (Team SOSC) at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games and they will celebrate Independence Day with another day of competition. The day will include the final round of golf along with semifinal action in basketball. Track and swimming will also look to ...
USA Games Spotlight: Heidi Sand
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Heidi Sand has the fortune of not only competing in her second Special Olympics USA Games, but her role model is right there by her side the entire time. Heidi, who also went to the 2014 USA Games in New Jersey, is being coached at these Games by her mother, Jacque Martin. ...
#USAGames Today: Another Busy, Busy Day
SEATTLE, Wash. - The second day of competition at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games won't be all that different from the first day for Special Olympics Southern California (TeamSOSC). In one word: busy. Very, very busy. All 66 SOSC athletes will be in action today, starting on the golf course and ending with Southwest ...
2018 USA Games: July 2 Round-up
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Tyler Cribbs and the Special Olympics Southern California softball team set the tone Monday for the delegation. Tyler had a big day at the plate in a 12-10 win over South Dakota, the first of two victories on the day at Celebration Park. The shortstop went 3 for 3 and scored ...