Pueblo East wins first-ever Unified state Bowling Championship
On Friday the Colorado High School Activities Association made history, by hosting the first state Unified Bowling Championship.
and last updated 2021-04-30 18:57:05-04
ENGLEWOOD â On Friday the Colorado High School Activities Association made history, by hosting the first state Unified Bowling Championship.
The CHSAA approved the tournament back in March. The championship was held at AMF Belleview Lanes in Englewood.
Pueblo East took home the state title, and Pueblo Central was the runner-up.
A Unified Athlete is defined as a student with an intellectual or developmental disability. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. About 1.4 million people worldwide take part in Unified Sports, according to their website.
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Pictured is Paul Nocek of Lucky Lanes in Fredonia.
As local businesses are able to return customers to a percentage of their regular capacity, the flow of both people and revenue has been much-needed for a lot of places.
Lucky Lanes owner Paul Nocek is one of the many business owners happy to see people coming back. COVID-19 guidelines remain in place for his customers and employees to follow, and even if it looks busy when driving by, Lucky Lanes is still operating at a fraction of its capacity.
“It looks busier than it is,” Nocek said. “We’re only allowed to use every other lane, so our peak right now is half full.”
Pictured is Paul Nocek of Lucky Lanes in Fredonia.
Photo by Anthony Dolce
FREDONIA As local businesses are able to return customers to a percentage of their regular capacity, the flow of both people and revenue has been much-needed for a lot of places.
Lucky Lanes owner Paul Nocek is one of the many business owners happy to see people coming back. COVID-19 guidelines remain in place for his customers and employees to follow, and even if it looks busy when driving by, Lucky Lanes is still operating at a fraction of its capacity.
“It looks busier than it is,” Nocek said. “We’re only allowed to use every other lane, so our peak right now is half full.”
At Dartmouth High School, COVID has changed the athletic landscape in many ways, but that didn t stop a group of engineering students from giving their classmates bowling league a second chance.
Miss Taylor and Mrs. August are the Co-Advisors of the Unified Bowling Cub. Unified Bowling is the combination of students with and without special needs to build teamwork and social skills while having fun at the bowling alley. This is the fifth year that the Unified Bowling Club has operated through DHS and teams would compete against each other once a week during the winter semester at Wonder Bowl in New Bedford.