River

Serving THE WESTERN ARIZONA COMMUNITIES

Currently serving the Western Arizona communities of: Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu, Yuma, and surrounding cities

Special Olympics Arizona’s (SOAZ) goal is to empower the over 180,000 Arizonans with intellectual disabilities to be healthy, productive and respected members of society through SOAZ’s year-round sports training, competitions and support programs.

River Area offers year-round sports programs and 10 competitions for over 1,000 athletes in 75 local programs and 12 different sports programs

Fall

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is part of our fall offerings. We have individual, relay, and Unified Sports™ team events.
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Softball

Softball

Softball is part of our fall offerings. We have both traditional and Unified Sports™ softball teams.
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Bocce

Bocce

Bocce is part of our fall offerings. We have both traditional and Unified Sports™ competitions.
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Golf

Golf

Golf is part of our fall offerings. We have traditional and Unified Sports™ for 9 and 18-hole competitions.
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Bowling

Bowling

Bowling is part of our fall offerings. We have both individual and Unified Sports™ team competitions.
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Winter

Soccer

Soccer

Soccer is part of our winter offerings. We have both traditional and Unified Sports™ teams available.
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Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is part of our winter sports offerings. We have traditional and Unified Sports™ teams.
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Cheerleading Special Olympics

Cheerleading

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is part of our winter sports offerings. We have both traditional and Unified Sports™.
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Spring

Athletics

Athletics

Athletics is part of our spring sports offerings. We have traditional track and field events and Unified Sports™ relay races.
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Powerlifting

Powerlifting

Powerlifting is part of our spring offerings, with traditional bench press and deadlifting events.
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Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is part of our spring sports offerings. We have both traditional and Unified Sports™ matches.
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Program Managers

Mandy Evans

Director, River Area

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Special Olympics Arizona
Mary Nielsen

Yuma Area Sports & Competitions Manager

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