Tag: Play Unified
USA Games Spotlight: Ruby Gonzales and Ashley Schroff
By Hannah van Warmerdam Being involved in sports has many benefits. It brings people together, helps teach valuable lessons, encourages others to achieve goals and ultimately creates unity among team ...
INSIDE SOSC: ‘A Snowball of Goodwill’
The road to Summer Games draws near as competitions around the regions wind down and June approaches. Athletes from San Diego County and beyond made their way to Carlsbad High ...
USA Games Spotlight: Pilar Roncoroni
By Sean Minnihan Pilar Roncoroni got her start with Unified Sports because her mother, but it wouldn’t take long for her to recognize that she had fully embraced her role ...
LA Galaxy Unified Squad for 2018 Announced
LONG BEACH - The LA Galaxy and Special Olympics Southern California are proud to announce the 2018 LA Galaxy SOSC Unified Soccer Team. The 20 individuals went through a ceremonial ...
USA Games Spotlight: Satanna Chapman and Danielle Morgan
By Sean Minnihan “Team sports bring people together.” That line best sums up Unified Sports in Special Olympics, and Special Olympics athlete Satanna Chapman and Unified partner Danielle Morgan are ...
USA Games Spotlight: Everardo Velador
Everardo Velador has interests that extend beyond the soccer field. In fact, you would have to go as far back as ancient Greece. When asked what time period he would ...
National Volunteer Week Spotlight: Valerie Ruiz
By Ashley Carney The Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego awarded Valerie Ruiz “Special Educator of the Year” for her tireless work and dedication toward getting the district ...
#SundaySpotlight: Lompoc Teammates, Friends Play Unified
April celebrates National Autism Awareness month, and Special Olympics Southern California serves quite a few athletes who are glowing examples of how intellectual disabilities do not define their lives. SOSC ...
One Busy March
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The calendar has turned to March and it brings with it a busy schedule that is loaded with opportunities in the many schools throughout Southern California. ...
INSIDE SOSC: Hooping at NBA All-Star Weekend
There were about 80 Special Olympics Southern California athletes in attendance at Saturday morning’s NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Clinic, but for one moment all eyes were on 9-year-old Bobby ...