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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Special Olympics sports event unites South Side grade school kids ‘without the labels of who’s who’

Mariana Perez crawls through the tunnel at the Special Olympics Illinois Young Athletes event Monday at De La Salle High School. (Kevin Tanaka/For the Sun Times)

A South Side high school football field transformed on Monday into a sports training ground for a mix of special needs children and their peers.

Each wearing a light blue shirt that read “Superhero,” about 400 grade schoolers practiced their kicks, throws and catches on De La Salle Institute’s field at 34th Street and Michigan Avenue.

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