Conroe Stars Participate in Special Olympics State Winter Games

The Conroe Stars, Conroe ISD’s Special Olympics Team, competed in the Special Olympics State Winter Games held February 1-4 in Austin. The Stars had 26 athletes from across all Conroe ISD high school feeder zones qualify to compete in bowling or powerlifting at the state competition, the most ever for the District.

The results are as follows:

Bowling

Caney Creek
Dylan Cater – 4th
Ramiro Garcia II – 1st
Gabi Holley – 7th
Oscar Rivas – 2nd
Brandon Wheeler – 4th

Conroe
Lauryn Ferguson – 1st
Shanice Gardner – 7th
Katy Hooten – 1st

Conroe 9^th
Sam McDonald – 7th

College Park
Kip Joseph – 1st
Keaton Glasscock – 3rd
Kenneth Fravel – 5th
Siobhan Plowery – 1st

Oak Ridge
Christopher Byrd – 3rd
Kailee Chatman – 7th
Cadie Darnell – 2nd
David Leathers – 6th

The Woodlands
Virgile Adriaenssens – 1st
Jacob Bates – 1st
Tommy Faison – 4th
Haley Tanguma – 2nd

Powerlifting

Conroe
Joshua Dupuis – Bench/4^th; Deadlift/2^nd; Combo/3^rd

Oak Ridge
Bianca Perez – Bench/2^nd; Deadlift/2^nd; Combo/2^nd
Eduardo (Lalo) Perez – Bench/2^nd; Deadlift/2^nd; Combo/2^nd

The Woodlands
Matt Choate – Bench/4^th; Deadlift/2^nd; Combo/4^th
Abigail Walker – Bench/Part.; Deadlift/2^nd; Combo/2^nd

Conroe ISD special education teacher and head of the delegation David Kight stated, “The athletes have worked hard and earned some fantastic awards. We are extremely proud of them all!”

Next up for the Conroe Stars is the annual Kiwanis Invitational that will take place later this month at Oak Ridge High School.