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March 29, 2019St. Joseph, MO |  By: Josh Dillman

Special Olympics Missouri State Indoor Games are this weekend in St. Joe

The Special Olympics Missouri State Indoor Games are coming to St. Joseph this weekend. Events taking place include bowling and basketball competitions. Digital Media Coordinator for the Special Olympics, Kayla Hull, says there will be a large turn out of athletes, coaches, and Unified Partners.

"We have 987 bowlers and we're using Belt Entertainment & Southside Family Fun Center.  And then we have twenty-seven 3-on-3 unified teams for basketball, and seventy-one 3-on-3 regulation teams, twenty-four 5-on-5 unified teams, forty-three 5-on-5 regulation teams, 25 team skills, and 89 individual skills athletes.  So we have 3000 athletes, coaches, and unified partners traveling in from all over the state of Missouri to participate in the State Indoor Games this weekend."

Hull adds they are still looking for volunteers for the events, but people are still welcome to just attend and cheer on the athletes.

"We're looking for volunteers on Friday afternoon and that's for bowling.  And then volunteers on Saturday afternoon during our basketball game.  If people are interested in volunteering, please visit somo.org/indoor.  If you don't want to volunteer or if you don't have time to volunteer, and you just want to come out and support and cheer on our athletes.  Or just come and hang out and see what Special Olympics is all about."

The State Indoor Games opening ceremony begins at 7:30 tonight in the Civic Arena. Bowling takes place tomorrow at the Southside Family Fun Center starting at 9 AM, and at Belt Entertainment at noon. Basketball games will be held at Benton, LeBlond, Central, Lafayette, Missouri Western State University, and the REC Center. Basketball competitions begin at 8 AM tomorrow.  For more information or to volunteer, visit www.somo.org/indoor.