PHOTOS: Unified basketball is a sport for everyone - Lewiston Sun Journal

Students from Mountain Valley High School in Mexico practice their basketball skills on Monday afternoon after school. Seventh grade Ja...

Students from Mountain Valley High School in Mexico practice their basketball skills on Monday afternoon after school. Seventh grade Jackson Rajaniemi, fifth grade Izaiah Fernandez, volunteer trainer Phil Mills and sixth grade director Madison Blanchard all play for the tire from the left. The students take part in the uniform basketball program of the Special Olympics. At MVMS, the program brings together seven student guides with 13 learning disabilities and their trainers. The first game will take place on March 4th at 3:30 p.m. at TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School in Dixfield. The four games are played between the two teams. Marianne Hutchinson / Rumford Falls Times

Students from the Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico have a lively conversation after their basketball training on Monday after school. Students participate in the Special Olympics' unified basketball program, in which school leaders and students with learning difficulties learn and play basketball together. The first game will take place on March 4th at 3:30 p.m. at TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School in Dixfield. The four games are played between the two teams. Marianne Hutchinson / Rumford Falls Times

Hunter Gerding (left), 7th grade student at Mountain Valley Middle School, and Natalie Desroches, 8th grade leader, practice shooting in the gym with other members of the basketball team on Monday afternoon - Uniform Ball. The Special Olympics program brings student guides and students with learning difficulties to play basketball together. The first game will take place on March 4th at 3:30 p.m. at TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School in Dixfield. The four games are played between the two teams. Marianne Hutchinson / Rumford Falls Times

filed under: