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Kingsway Learning Center Grad Helps Team New Jersey Win Soccer Gold at Special Olympics
Mark Cellini had two goals in seven tournament games.
With a graduate of Kingsway Learning Center on the roster, Team New Jersey captured the Gold Medal in the 5-on-5 Traditional Men’s Soccer competition during the Special Olympics New Jersey on Friday.
Team New Jersey topped Team Texas, 5-1, in the final on Friday.
Cinnaminson resident Mark Cellini scored two goals in seven tournament games. Cellini is a 2012 graduate of Kingsway Learning Center in Moorestown.
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Cellini, 23, works for Bayada Home Health Care as an office assistant and volunteers at New Albany Elementary School.
He participates in four Special Olympic sports: soccer, floor hockey, basketball, and softball. He has also earned a Junior Black Belt in 2011 at Amerikick in Delran.
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The 10-man roster featured athletes from all over the state, including Mount Laurel resident Ian Murray and Cherry Hill resident Peter Poole.
The Special Olympics mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
This year's games were played in Mercer County from June 14-20.
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