FALL GAMES
Our statewide 2025 Fall Games event will feature:
Team Softball (Traditional and Unified),
Croquet, Horse Shoes, Soccer Skills, and Corn Hole
The 2025 Fall Games will take place at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg; October 3-5, 2025.
Athletes will arrive on Friday October 3rd and with our Opening Ceremonies that night.
Athletes will compete Saturday, October 4th, with Closing Ceremonies and a Victory Dance ending the day.
Athletes depart on Sunday, October 5th.
SUMMER GAMES
Every May our largest statewide competition takes place at Keesler Air Force Base! Thousands of athletes, families, volunteers and supporters enjoy a weekend of friendly fun and fierce competition at our Summer Games.
May 9-11, 2025
Competition will take place Saturday, May 10
Competitions offered: Track & Field (traditional & unified), Swimming (traditional & unified), Bocce (traditional & unified), Bowling (traditional & unified), Golf (traditional & unified), Powerlifting, Tennis and Volleyball (traditional & unified),
SPRING GAMES
Hundreds of athletes will convene for our annual statewide Spring Games.
Squads representing nearly every region in the state will compete in Basketball Skills, as well as, full-court 5-on-5, half-court 3-on-3, and unified basketball matchups.
2025 statewide Spring Games (Basketall) will take place March 8, 2025 at Turner Center in Oxford, MS
FLAG FOOTBALL & CHEERLEADING TOURNAMENT
Our statewide Flag Football and Cheerleading tournament draws hundreds of Special Olympics athletes from around the state to compete in our top levels of traditional, and unified Flag Football & Cheerleading competition.
The 2025 Flag Football & Cheerleading tournament will take place at Camp McCain in Grenada MS
November 7- 8, 2025.
Athletes will arrive on Friday, November 7th with our Opening Ceremonies that night.
Athletes will compete and depart on Saturday, November 8th.
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UNIFIED SPORTSSpecial Olympics Mississippi promotes Unified Sports competitions in schools and our 17 multi-county regions, as well as unified experiences that draw attention to the need for unified sports. Dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, the Unified Sports movement joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability, which makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all. Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away. |
