In the winter of 2024, Unified Bocce is coming to Corry High School. Unified sports is in association with Special Olympics. Unified Sports aim to unite regular education athletes with athletes with disabilities.

The coach of Unified Bocce will be Mr. Chludzinski. When asked how he first heard about about Unified Bocce, he said, “Last year, we were talking about it with the Unified Track Coaches.”

When asked why he decided to coach Bocce, he said, “I thought it would be a great opportunity for the kids of the school to try new sports and, [as] with Unified Track, get to partner up special needs with their partners, form friendships and develop social skills.”

Chludzinski explained, “We just opened it up to the entire Unified Track team and in the next couple weeks we are going to have announcements made, too. So if anyone has any questions about it, they can come ask me about it. We want to try and get at least 16 people, eight athletes and eight helpers.”

Bocce is played using nine balls: one smaller ball, called the Jack, and eight balls of  equal size in an amount of colors equal to the number of teams. A field is set up, with the high school courts being about thirty to forty feet in length, although professional courts are over eighty feet long. Three lines are drawn, bisecting the field, and then lines five to ten feet from either end.

Players start by throwing the Jack, so that it lands in between the two further lines. The player who threw the Jack then starts. Players may step forward to the closest line, and proceed to roll their ball towards the Jack. The opposing team will then do the same. From there on, which ever team has their ball closest to the Jack, the opposite team will role. Once the first side is done, players waiting on the other end will gather the balls, and repeat the process from the opposite end.