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VOLUME 70
NUMBER 20
MAY 14, 1992
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COMMUNITY FEATURE
'Special* team brings home the gold
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By Ina Horwitz.
For Oscar Goldsmith, who
resides at Shalom House on
the Wexner Heritage Village:
campus,  March  21,   1992,
holds special meaning.
On that day, the culmination of months of practicing
six hours a week and weekends on the road paid off when
his team, Franklin County,
beat Mercer County (Cincinnati area) to win the Special
Olympics State Basketball
Tournament held at O.S.U.,
giving members an undefeated season with 12 wins and a
gold medal each.
Volunteer Coaches Jeff
Weisman and Randy Sokol
both played basketball as students at Bexley High School
15 years ago. They believed
the win was a great accomplishment for die 12 team
members.
Weisman, a Bexley resident,
recalled his playing days at
Bexley.
"Randy and I played under
coach Gene Millard (now Bex-
ley's athletic director) and
were oh the 1977 team that
won the central district title "
he said. "When we played at
the regionals ih the University
of Dayton arena, we got beat.
We were just one step away
from the state tournament,"
Sponsored by the Franklin
County Board of Mental Retardation, the Franklin County team first had to beat Hamilton County (Cincinnati area)
in the regionals held in New
Philadelphia, Ohio, to make it
to the state finals.
"Our basketball program
was run much like any other
program," said Sokol. "It included tryouts for different
levels, which were determined
by degree of ability. We were
on the third level."
Sokol added that all team
members held jobs and most
lived in group homes. Goldsmith said it was a big thrill to
win at something he enjoyed
so much.
"He's a great sportsman,"
said his father, William Goldsmith. "His room is filled with
trophies."
Weisman went even farther
in his praise of Goldsmith,
calling him "one of the best
free throw shooters in Columbus."
Weisman added, "Oscar
really has talent. He can just
knock them in. He's also very
enthusiastic and would do
anything he could to help the
team win."
Sokol, vice president in
charge of operations for Tee
Jaye's Country Place Restaurants, and Weisman, an executive with Meyers Jewelers,
didn't volunteer their time for
months because they love the
game of basketball. They both
wanted to give something
back to the community that
had given so much to them.
"I really enjoyed working
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