Charleston “BigE” Thompson, Zachary Bass and Beverly Bass got on a jet plane heading west Sunday March 8, Charleston “BigE” Thompson, Zachary Bass and Beverly Bass. They are part of two teams representing Kentucky in the Special Olympics North America Unified Bowling Tournament, March 10-12 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.
Rounding out Team Kentucky’s “Kentucky Derby Rollers” are Steve Pankey and Michael Ghant of Frankfort. These four were selected out of the original 1,400 participants to represent Special Olympics Kentucky on the national stage.
The Kentucky four-man team is made of two, two man teams. Each is comprised of an athlete (BigE and Steve) and a unified partner (Zachary and Michael); all team members contend in the competition…