Stockbridge High senior Joshua Hall holds the lit Henry County Schools Special Olympics torch as honorary runners tote an unlit torch around the high school track. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Seniors at Stockbridge High run with special needs athletes in the 29th Annual K-5 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Special Olympics athletes take off during the 50-yard dash at the 29th Annual K-5 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Stockbridge High seniors get their buddies pepped during the parade of schools at this year’s Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Henry County Schools Special Olympics founder Deborah Brown calls some of the shots during the 29th Annual K-5 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events hosted at Stockbridge High. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Mount Carmel Elementary was one of 17 elementary schools participating in the 2016 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events for grades K-5 hosted by Stockbridge High. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Roughly 600 students, including Stockbridge High seniors, took part in the 29th Annual Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
The Stockbridge High Navy JROTC Color Guard presents the colors during the National Anthem, which opened Wednesday’s K-5 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
The Stockbridge High Chorus sings the National Anthem to open the 2016 Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events for K-5 student athletes on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Skye Miller of Hickory Flat Charter Elementary, left, signs as Dutchtown Elementary’s Miguel Gottlieb recites the Pledge of Allegiance. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
Wheelchair bound students get a boost from their Stockbridge High senior buddies in the 29th Annual Henry County Schools Special Olympics Track and Field Events on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson)
STOCKBRIDGE — Stockbridge High School senior Joshua Hall watched with lit torch in hand as Special Olympics athletes rounded the curves of the track with an unlit torch of their own.
First was Jakobi Williams of Hickory Flat Charter Elementary; second came Aiden Lange of Bethlehem Elementary; and third ran Kalen Mosley of Dutchtown Elementary before Hall greeted Tussahaw Elementary’s Haley Haywood.
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