Members of the Kosciusko County Special Olympics corn toss team include in front from left Becky Walls, Gale Vanator, Malika Wood, Morgan Swafford, Ruby French, Amy Morris, Billie Holtz and Debbie Swafford. In the back row are Jim Kussmaul, Liz Wabol, Marti Sullivan, Jerry Davis, Mike Swafford, Wayne Momeyer, Robert Svinarich and Joe Baronowski. Photo provided by John Bonitati.

News Release

WARSAW — Special Olympic athletes from Kosciusko County recently competed in flag football and corn toss as part of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver games held Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Indianapolis.

The EKS fall competitions are named in honor of the Special Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. These games are the second-largest annual sporting event for Special Olympics Indiana.

The flag football tournament was held at Brebeuf Preparatory School in Indianapolis. The team from Kosciusko County won first place in their flight.

Corn toss was played at Zionsville Middle School. The following athletes participated in the corn toss tournament: Norm McPeak, Wayne Momeyer, Jerry Davis, Scott Frush, Ruby French, Malika Wood, Billie Holtz, Christina Messer, Walter Holtz, Amy Morris, Sandy Hunter, Teri Hughes, Jim Kussmaul, Robert Svinarich, Martha Sullivan, Morgan Swafford, Gale Vanator and Elizabeth Wabol.

Becky Walls, Kosciusko County coordinator for Special Olympics, would like to thank flag football coach Steve DeGaetano and Robin Seitner for their help with the flag football team and veteran corn toss coach Joe Baranowski.

Currently, bowling continues with Special Olympics and team basketball and basketball skills will start late next month.

Members of the Kosciusko County Special Olympics flag football team include from left Steve DeGaetano, Timothy Warner-Guile, Cedric Tinker, Gage Sellers, Amy Philson, Erica Mifflin, Kevin McPeak, Zeus Leonard, Antonio Drummond, Zach Leonard and Matt Bammel. Photo provided by John Bonitati.