Basketball

2010 Stark Public Special Olympics (SPSO) Basketball

Continuity is the backbone of the Stark Public Special Olympics “Royal Knights” basketball program.

Teams compete at the adult (23 years and older), school age (14-22) and skills (6-13) levels, and a thread of success runs through them all.

The adult-level team is in its first year, but in the past four seasons, that group of players made it to the state school-age semifinals twice, finished second once, and won the 2007 Ohio Special Olympics Division II basketball championship. Six members of the 2007 championship team are still part of the 2010 program: Cory Amatangelo, Cory Martin, Max Broom, Nick Doll, Chaz MacLean, Brandon Mayes, and Joey Zickafoose.

The adult team’s home games are at Pfeiffer Middle School in Perry Township. The school-age practices are at Barr Elementary and Martindale Christian Church, with home games at Middlebrach Elementary.

Bruce Martin and Sean Broom share coaching duties of the 13-member school-age team and the 12-member adult-age team. The teams travel as far as Columbus and Toledo. They also practice two or three times a week.

School-age Team Game Stats…
1/25/10:  SPSO 54 / Elyria 31
Top scorers: Max Broom 24 / Nate Manko 13

1/23/10:  Columbus Comets Green 63 / SPSO 49
Top scorers: Max Broom 26 / Nate Manko 16

1/20/10:  SPSO 52 / Stark DD Women 45
Top scorers:  Max Broom 18 / Cameron Broom 14 / James Johnson 8

1/16/10:  SPSO 56 / Elyria Vipers 43
Scorers:  Max Broom 22 / Cameron Broom 12 / Nate Manko 6 / James Johnson 6 / Ricky Plaster 6

12/14/09:  SPSO 48 / Stark DD Women 24
Top scorers:  Max Broom 10 / Cameron Broom 10 / James Johnson 8

 

****Questions? Contact Janet Brunecz, our Local Coordinator by email (spso@sbcglobal.net) or phone: 330-494-9072.