Adermann was on S.D. Special Olympics team at Nationals
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HURON — Caleb Adermann, a first year member of the Unified South Dakota Special Olympics Basketball Team, recently was selected to go to Nationals in Seattle. Adermann was the only Huron player that was selected for the South Dakota team and returned home with a gold medal.
“Some of the teams were really good,” Adermann explained. “It was a tough team we went up against in the first game, which we lost, but we won the second and third games. Then we went to the championship game where we won first place. It was a close game, time was ticking down, and my team member made a basket with only a second on the clock. I was close to making some thre-point shots, but I shot some two-point baskets throughout the tournament and a two- pointer in the championship game.”
The South Dakota team stole a 26-17 victory over the Minnesota team, in the 2018 Nationals trip. Nationals runs every four years in different states, in four years time it is set to take place in Florida.
“It was a long trip. We took two planes to get there, but we got to see a baseball game and the fireworks on the fourth of July,” Adermann said. “We also got to trade our South Dakota pins with the teams from the other states.”
Each team was issued a basketball after the championship game. Every player signed it, and the S.D. basketball is currently in Castlewood. It will make its way to Huron to be displayed in the High School trophy case for a while before it continues to travel the state.
PHOTO BY ANGELINA DELLA ROCCO/PLAINSMAN
Caleb Adermann of Huron, center, proudly displays the gold medal around his neck, and all the pins he collected on his trip to Special Olympics Nationals in Seattle. With him are his mom, Shawn Aderman, left, and his sister, McKenzie. Not pictured is his father, Stuart Adermann.