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Hundreds compete at Pasco Special Olympics Summer Games

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Athletes from 18 Pasco County schools converged on the campus of Wesley Chapel High School, 3651 Wells Road, to compete at the Pasco County Special Olympics Summer Games on Feb 22. Events included walks, runs, races, bocce ball, cycling, soccer, and softball and tennis ball throws.

The Thomas E. Weightman Middle School Special Olympics team walks around the track at Wesley Chapel High School during the opening ceremony of the Pasco County Special Olympics on Feb. 22. (Christine Holtzman)
Fourteen-year-old Jake Blocher, an eighth-grader at Dr. John Long Middle School, gets a high-five from Lucy Domenech, of Wesley Chapel, as he competes in a cycling heat. Domenech and her daughter, Melissa Aldajuste, left, were at the games to support Aldajuste’s daughter, Mikayla, who was competing in another event. Grady Beagle, the adaptive physical education coach at John Long Middle, is on the right.
Six-year-old Jayshawn Harris, left, and 6-year-old Michael Rodriguez bond over a cloud of bubbles from a bubble-making machine. Harris is in first grade at New River Elementary, and Rodriguez is in first grade at Sand Pine Elementary.

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