CCSD Students Win Gold in Summer State Special Olympics

Cherokee County School District students won gold in the statewide Summer Special Olympics!

Cherokee County Special Olympics’ soccer team earned gold and student athletes earned individual gold medals in cheer, flag football, soccer, swimming, and track competitions at the 2025 State Summer Games recently held at Emory University. Congratulations to our students and coaches, thank you to Cherokee County Special Olympics for its partnership, and thank you to our School Board for supporting community partnerships!

Congratulations to our Gold Medalists: 

CHEER
Samuel Grugan, Transition Academy 

FLAG FOOTBALL
Audric Agbavon, Transition Academy
Aiden Bailey, Charlie Holderness, and Leland Wilson, Creekview HS 

SOCCER
Soccer Skills: Will Anderson, Cherokee HS; Olivia Wilson, Little River ES
Unified Team: Jeremy Alcantara, Sequoyah HS; Gia DiGregorio, Creekview HS; Phoebe Martinez, River Ridge HS; Aliyah Santiago Avila, Woodstock MS; and Unified Partners: Wyatt Head, Emma Sosebee, and Nate Weatherby, Cherokee HS; Ryan Maher and Will Maher, Creekview HS

SWIMMING 
Otto Arreaza: 50M Freestyle, Woodstock HS
Ta’Nieyah Calhoun: 15M Floatation and 15M Walk, Sequoyah HS
Daniel “Del” Cannon: 25 M Freestyle and 50M Freestyle, Transition Academy
Stephen Eifert: 10M Assisted and 15M Unassisted, R.M. Moore ES STEM Academy
Miles Estill: 10M Assisted and 15M Floatation, Little River ES
Taven Fox: 4 x 100 Traditional Relay and 25M Backstroke, Tippens EC
Ryan Holmes: 10M Assisted, Avery ES
Davis Kohl: 4 x 100 Traditional Relay, 25M Freestyle, and 50M Freestyle, Tippens EC
Aiden Kohlhepp: 4 x 100 Traditional Relay, Mill Creek MS
Walt Ordahl: 10M Assisted and 15M Unassisted, Creekview HS
Nicolle Valle: 25M Breaststroke, Etowah HS
Remy Wilson: 4 x 100 Traditional Relay and 50M Freestyle, Woodstock HS
Madison Wyas: 10M Assisted, Teasley MS
Christopher Yancy: 4 x 100 Traditional Relay and 50M Freestyle, Transition Academy
Junior Coaches and Unified Partners (all students): Kate Dallas, Etowah HS; Grayson Estill, Mill Creek MS; Emmy Mims, and Madison Woodall, Woodstock HS; Reilyn Wardlow, i-Grad Virtual Academy.

TRACK
100M dash: Imani Cherry, Woodstock MS 
100M and 200M dash: Lorelei Lyu, Transition Academy 
200M: Mason Peddycoart, Hickory Flat ES
400M dash: Matthew Bek, Transition Academy 

They will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis at an upcoming school board meeting.  The Olympians will be joined at the meeting by CCSD Adapted PE teacher Ben Farist, who serves as the Cherokee County Special Olympics coordinator. 

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