Mission CISD Special Olympic Athletes and “Meet in the Middle” Partners brought home 27 medals from this weekend’s Bocce Tournament held at UTRGV. The tournament was hosted by Area 1 Special Olympics and UTRGV Kinesiology Department. The results are as follows:
Veteran’s Memorial High School
Unified Team/Bocce Doubles (Medals were awarded to both athlete & partner)
1st Place, Jacquelina Mata (athlete) and Esli Mendo (partner)
2nd Place, Alexis Ayala (athlete) and Betsy Garcia (partner)
Bocce Singles
Bryan Arrellano,1st Place; Kevin Cab, 3rd Place; Nicolas Juarez, 2nd Place; Ethan Linares, 1st Place; Javier Patino, 2nd Place; Cesario Pena, 2nd Place; Hayleen Pena, 2nd Place, Angel Rivera, 1st Place; Hector Sanchez, 2nd; Frankie Torres, 3rd Place; and Sally Trevino, 2nd Place.
Mission High School
Unified Team/Bocce Doubles
1st Place, Emily Gonzalez (athlete) and San Juanita Corpus (partner)
2nd Place, Brandon Garza (athlete) and Miajolie Resendez (partner)
Bocce Singles
Jacklyn Bernal, 1st Place; Joel Bravo, 2nd Place; Emanuel Casas, Marcus Eguia, 2nd Place; Carlos A. Gutierrez, 1st Place 1st Place; Sebastian Llamas, 1st Place; Jackie Porcayo, 2nd Place; and Blas Rodriguez, 1st Place.
(All athletes played a round robin tournament and were division by age and skill level)