Carol Brown, left, Durita Kirby, and Ashely Shepard, all of Ashland County, supporting Ashland County athletes who are performing on four different courts in front of them at the Special Olympics Ohio state basketball tournament skills contest.
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Coaches Norman Cole, left, and his daughter-in-law Terina Cole, right, talking with Micah Stein, 9, after a rough heat. They are with Westerville Franklin.
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Corrie Miller, 40, left, is congratulated on her gold-medal-earning performance by Cuyahoga Strongsville teammate Phillip Fischer, 14.
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Phillip Fischer, 14, and his medal. He is on the Cuyahoga Strongsville team.
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Caleigh Schroeder, 15, of the Toledo Public Schools team celebrates after sinking the ball during her shooting competition.
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Annie Graves earned the gold medal after coming in first place in the Division 20 State Basketball Individual Skills contest. Other winners are Candice Wettera, left, who earned a silver medal, and Michelle Khourie, right and rear, and Amy Smolko, right and front, who tied for third place and eared the bronze medal. Giving Graves the medal is Ally Hamilton, 15, a sophomore at Lakota East High School and a volunteer for the Special Olympics.
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Annie Graves smiles while wearing her gold medal.
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Allyson Huey, 15, from Franklin County, shoots with her unique and successful style during the shooting contest.
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Corrie Miller, who won a gold medal in her division, left, and coach Sydney Merz from the Cuyahoga Strongsville team. Miller, 40, says she "practices a little bit" at shooting, which is her favorite of the day's events.The Strongsville City Club is a great supporter of the team, says Merz.
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Medals for the winning athletes in the Individual Skills Contest.
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"I really, really wanted to win this", says Michael Edwards, 20, of the Pickaway Special Olympics team. His medal is being re-fastened to the ribbon by Sherrie Sweeney.
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Holly Roe, 17 and a junior at Otsego High School, left, Josh Messersmith, with the Special Olympics of both Wyandot and Delaware Counties, and Brianna Johnson, a senior at BGSU, right, cheer on Jenna Stang, of Franklin Northwest, in her first heat in the timed dribbling contest. Roe volunteered because she says, "I just love being around people." Johnson is one of four women from the BGSU track and field team who volunteered at this event.
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Jenna Stang of Franklin Northwest takes part in her heat.
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Riley Stang, left, of Frankiln Northwest talks with volunteer Jackie Siebenthaler, a sophomore at Bowling Green State University, where she is a Speech Therapy major. She is one of a number of student members in the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association who volunteered.
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Members and fans of the Knox County team leaving the gym after the contests.
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