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Henry team wins national title

By Monroe Roark
June 12, 2015

The Henry County Gladiators, a volleyball team made up of Special Olympics athletes, won the 2015 USA Volleyball Open National Championship tournament recently in Detroit. The event attracted teams from several states including Wisconsin, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan and Tennessee. This is the second national championship the Henry County team has won in the past two years.

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