Well, ski season isn't quite over but Cory has plans to participate in some summer sports too, namely soccer, softball, and basketball. This year is the regional qualifying year for summer sports in Special Olympics where local teams compete to see who will represent our area at next year's Provincial Games, in a yet to be announced location.
Not long ago, when Cory first started playing basketball, he often ran towards the wrong basket. It has taken him a while to better understand the game and rather ironically, now finds himself as a team leader on a team where many of his teammates played in a competitive game for the first time ever this past weekend. So participation was definitely the key aspect and the team suffered a tournament-starting loss of 39-6. But showed some improvement in the next game, losing 20-7 and then battled hard in their last game to lose only 8-6. So qualification for the Provincials likely won't happen for Cory in basketball but it was a successful weekend nonetheless just to be part of a team that is just starting to learn to play as a team.
And here's a video that shows exactly that...Cory passes the ball to Ashton, back to Cory, over to Clayton, then Ashton, shot missed but Cory gains the defensive rebound back at the other end, gives to Ashton, over to Sam, who scores the 2 points!
But sometimes it's best just to carry the ball...
or reach for it...
and running with it again...
It might not have been a podium performance this time but Cory enjoyed a great weekend of team-building.
Soon, he will give soccer a try.
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