Because 2020 is a year unlike any other, we did something new for this year’s Sectionals… We combined the Western, Central, and Eastern Sectionals into ONE BIG SPECTACULAR EVENT, the 2020 SOPA Fall Sectionals!! DeSales University, Juniata College, and Slippery Rock University all came together to put on a virtual experience for our athletes including Opening Ceremonies, a Virtual […]
More than 800 Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) athletes traveled to DeSales University for the 20Eastern Fall Sectional, held on Sunday, October 13, 2019. Athletes from a number of eastern Pennsylvania programs will compete in team and individual events in five sports including bocce (doubles & Unified Sports® doubles), long-distance walking/running, powerlifting, soccer (Individual skill, 5v5, […]
The 2019 Area M Fall Classic was held by Special Olympics PA – Area M’s local program on Sunday, September 15th. Philadelphia joined twenty other counties to participate in bocce and soccer. Area M also offered competition in long-distance running/walking, powerlifting, and flag football. The day started with Opening Ceremonies, run by Area M’s Athlete […]
Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) held the 2019 Summer Games at Penn State University in State College, PA, from Thursday, June 6 to Saturday, June 8, 2019. This year marks the 32nd consecutive year that Penn State University will host Summer Games, and the 27th successive year that Sheetz, Inc. will serve as a state-wide corporate […]
The 2019 UCS Soccer Championship was held on Wednesday, May 22 at George Washington High School. This soccer championship marked the 7th Annual Unified Soccer Championship in Philadelphia with more than ten schools participating. George Washington students Ronald Pierre and Manny Molina joined PHL17 anchor Demetria Green as emcees for Opening Ceremonies. George Washington band […]
Twelve champion teams who won their regional championship attended the 2019 Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Championship after winning in their region. Each team represented their high schools unified bocce team, where students with and without intellectual disabilities train and compete on the same team. Twelve different high schools from twelve different counties were represented: Centre […]
On Saturday, March 9th, Special Olympics PA – Philadelphia held the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Gymnastics Meet. The meet was held at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall. Athletes from Lebanon, Montgomery, and Bethlehem county joined our Philadelphia athletes at this meet. Opening Ceremonies started at 10:00 am and included a warm welcome from Special Olympics PA – Philadelphia […]
The bocce season was brought to a close on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at George Washington High School during the 2019 UCS Philly Bocce Championship. The day kicked off with opening remarks from emcee’s D’Angelo, Joseph, and American sports host, anchor, and reporter for NBC Sports Philadelphia, Michael Barkann. To start off, the opening ceremony […]
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, volleyball teams from Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties competed against each other at the 2018 Invitational Volleyball Tournament held at Abraham Lincoln High School. Chase Trimmer, Director of Special Olympics Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, kicked off Opening Ceremonies with a warm welcome. Afterward, he introduced Global Messenger, Athlete Representative and member of SOPA […]
On Sunday, October 14th, our athletes took a drive to DeSales University for the 2018 Eastern Fall Sectional. Athletes from Area P, Berks County, Bethlehem County, Bucks County, Carbon County, Chester County, Columbia/ Montour, Delaware County, Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Luzerne County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Northumberland – Snyder Counties, Philadelphia County, Schuylkill County and […]
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