St. Michael-Albertville Special Olympics Team Competes in Regional Bowling

The St. Michael-Albertville Special Olympics team had their regional bowling tournament this past Saturday. The STMA team had 20 athletes competing at River City Extreme in Monticello. Of the 20 athletes, the team brought home six 1st place ribbons, five 2nd place ribbons, seven 3rd place ribbons and one 4th and 5th ribbon.

"Everyone did really well," Aimee Libby said earlier this week.

Jeff Barthel - 4th place 

David Boyle - 1st place

Mia Camp - 3rd place

Andrew Chatelle - 3rd place

Lauren Cichoski - 1st place

James Dearing - 3rd place

Brandon Heaton - 3rd place

Allison Koetz - 3rd place

Nathan Larson - 1st place

Tate Lehman - 5th place

Zachary Lehman - 1st place

Peyton Libby - 2nd place

Emilee Linder - 2nd place

Joshua Morrison - 3rd place

Dale Reshetar - 2nd place

Ira Robak - 2nd place

Jane Schmitz - 2nd place

Leah Streeter - 1st place

Scott Vetsch - 1st place

Brook Woodhams - 1st place

These athletes will now move on to the state tournament which will take place Sat., Nov. 10th. Until then, the team practices Monday nights at River Lanes. 

This is the third sport the Special Olympics team has offered since launching last spring. The next sport they will be offering is basketball this winter.

The STMA Special Olympics team is having a pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday morning at Liberty Restaurant from 8:00-10:00 a.m. Several of the athletes will be there helping with the fundraiser.

For more information about the STMA Special Olympics team, people can visit the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/StmaSpecialOlympics or email Jay Larson (JLarson@greatnorthernbank.com) or Aimee Libby (libby_design@comcast.net).