Lights at the Coolwell Recreation Center on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
A view of Coolwell Park’s lights overlooking the athletic fields with a backdrop of the snow-covered mountains.
A view of Coolwell Park’s soccer fields.
Hannah Matthews high-fives a fellow player on the Amherst Challengers team during a 2024 sporting event at the Coolwell Recreation Center’s athletic fields.
Gabriel Graves is greeted with multiple high fives by fellow Amherst Challenger teammates and supporters at a 2024 sporting event at the Coolwell Recreation Center’s athletic fields.
The Amherst Challengers program is a specifically designed soccer program that helps athletes with a physical and/or intellectual disability to learn and participate in soccer. The program welcomes athletes ages 3 to 21. Athletes practice at Coolwell Park in Amherst in groups based on age and ability level. The eight-week program ran from early September to late October.
Players from the Amherst Challengers and athletes from the Special Olympics hit the fields at the Coolwell Recreation Center in Amherst County on Thursday to participate in adaptive soccer.
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The Amherst Challengers program is a specifically designed soccer program that helps athletes with a physical and/or intellectual disability to learn and participate in soccer. The program welcomes athletes ages 3 to 21. Athletes practice at Coolwell Park in Amherst in groups based on age and ability level. The eight-week program ran from early September to late October.
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