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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Hundreds of peculiar acquisition students gathered astatine Clovis East High School (CEHS) for the yearly Special Olympics connected Thursday.
The lawsuit has go a favourite tradition, attracting much than 650 athletes from 15 schools and 7 big modulation programs.
Organizers accidental it’s not conscionable astir competition, though. Their extremity is for everyone to person fun.
They accidental Special Olympics Soccer is the happiest sports situation they’ve experienced.
“If this does not marque you consciousness good, you mightiness privation to cheque yourself. There's astir apt thing incorrect with you,” Drew Torosian with the Schools Partnership Program said.
CEHS aims to beforehand unity and respect, empowering students to get retired of their comfortableness zones.
While galore athletes whitethorn deterioration antithetic jerseys, Torosian says everyone is genuinely connected the aforesaid team.
“These events bring the champion retired of everybody. No substance who you're rooting for, you're going to basal for everybody due to the fact that everybody is astatine their maximum quality present and everybody's rooting for each other,” Torosian said.
No substance the winner, the athletes’ families simply privation to spot a grin connected their child’s face.
“You tin spot the joyousness successful their faces, and they’re friends. They don't cognize the quality truly betwixt schools. They conscionable - to them, they're each friends,” grandparent Mike Kirchner said.
After a time afloat of contention and making caller friends, jock Jaden says the lone connection to picture however helium feels is “tired.”
The friendships volition not extremity aft the last goal, though.
Organizers accidental the champion portion of the lawsuit is seeing the athletes beryllium unneurotic astatine luncheon the adjacent time and inquire each different to aboriginal dances.
