Lucas County Little Lightning Special Olympics

The Little Lightning basketball team scoring a basket in January 2024.

Who are the Little Lightning?

The Little Lightning, a play on our Lucas County Lightning Special Olympics teams, are teams of athletes between the ages of 8-15 years old.

Playing sports through our Special Olympics programming is a chance for personal growth and inclusion through healthy community activities. For more information, email littlelightning@lucasdd.org.

Available Sports

Lucas County Special Olympics offers the below sports as well as unified (Individuals with disabilities playing with typical individuals) basketball, bowling, and golf.

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Lucas County Special Olympics provides individual and team sporting opportunities for Lucas County athletes who are eligible. Athletes must be at least 8 years of age to participate.

Schedules

Little Lightning Basketball

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News and Highlights

Lucas County Coach Pitch team wins States

Lucas County Special Olympics Coach Pitch team made it to the State competition on September 17 and won! Congratulations to the team and coaches on a game well played and a sweet ending to a fabulous season. Way to go Lightning!

Little Lightning Basketball team with their gold medals!

Lucas County Little Lightning wins Regionals

The Little Lightning team won regionals and is moving on to winter games. Way to go Little Lightning basketball team!

Lucas County athletes along with University of Toledo students battled in the Glass Bowl to claim the title of Unified Flag Football Champions.

Donations

As a nonprofit organization, Lucas County Special Olympics relies on donations and fundraisers to provide sports at no cost to the athletes. All donations directly benefit the athletes by paying for things like registration fees, uniforms, equipment, travel and lodging.

Donations can be sent to: