SPECIAL OLYMPICS COMPETITION SET.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Antelope Valley Special Olympics will host its 25th annual High Desert Classic area games on May 31 at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. , 3041 W. Ave. K. The event culminates the year-round sports training programs for mentally handicapped youths and adults in the Antelope Valley. It draws more than 800 competitors from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The daylong competition includes track and field, tennis, boccie boccie or bocci or bocce (from Italian bocce, “balls”) Game of Italian origin, similar to bowls. It is played on a long, narrow, packed-clay court enclosed with boarded ends and sides. , swimming, gymnastics, bowling and basketball. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m. in Marauder MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t. Stadium with the parade of athletes led by a Junior ROTC color guard and the Tehachapi Mountain Pipes and Drums, the lighting of the Olympic torch and a pigeon release. Track and field, tennis, boccie and basketball competitions will be held at Antelope Valley College; swimming will be held at Eastside Pool; gymnastics at Desert Christian Gymnastics Center in Lancaster; and bowling at Brunswick-Sands Bowl. Lunch will be provided by the Italian Catholic Federation of Sacred Heart Church The Sacred Heart Church may mean:
Admission is free. For more information call area director Dennis Wick at (661) 945-6210. |
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