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Trigg County High School Special Olympics Team (left to right): Dannette Olson, Elaina Davis, Rachel Cook, Maurice Catlett, Eli Baker, Hayden Daniel, Elliot Shepard, Cameron Kniaz, Shane Edmonson and Allison Cochran. Kneeling: teachers Penny Baker and Cindy Barnett.
Area 1 consists of 13 counties including Trigg, Caldwell, Calloway, Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and McCracken.
Special Olympics is the world’s largest organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries.
Trigg County was well represented at the Area competition by high students Maurice Catlett, Shane Edmonson, Elliot Shepard, Cameron Kniaz, Rachel Cook and Elaina Davis. The team is coached by Penny Baker, TCHS FMD teacher, and Cindy Barnett, Trigg Middle School instructional assistant.
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