Beardstown Area Special Athletes

Beardstown Area Special Athletes Our goal is to provide a safe and respectable environment for all athletes to compete and participate in for all sponsored special Olympic activities.

Beardstown Area Special Athletes provide real sports that deliver high quality training and competition in an inclusive culture that stresses athletic excellence, rewards determination and celebrate achievement . Our main focus of our program is to be competitive but also have fun while teaching athletes new skills or improving on existing skills before during and after an event or practice and p

rovide appropriate socialization opportunities. We will treat athletes coaches families and volunteers with the upmost respect we will encourage sportsmanship at all functions and will address those that do not in a respectable way. We believe by doing all of this it will lead to access program that will for fill all individual athletes needs.

BASA also represented in Powerlifting at the 2026 Summer Games. Ryan brought home a gold 🥇 in the dead lift and a silver...
06/13/2026

BASA also represented in Powerlifting at the 2026 Summer Games. Ryan brought home a gold 🥇 in the dead lift and a silver 🥈in bench press, and a gold in combined. Josh brought home three gold medals in all three categories!! 🥇🥇🥇 Way to go guys!! Thank you to Coach Nick for all of your dedication! 🖤🧡

BASA had five of our six qualifying athletes represent us at the 2026 Summer Games for Track and Field in Bloomington th...
06/13/2026

BASA had five of our six qualifying athletes represent us at the 2026 Summer Games for Track and Field in Bloomington this weekend! Congratulations to Matthew for bringing home a gold 🥇 in the 400m walk, Brian for bringing home silver🥈in the 400m run, Henry and David both brought home silver 🥈 for the mini javelin and softball throw, respectively, and Jenny for bringing home a bronze 🥉in the 400m walk. Henry brought home 4th place and David brought home 5th place in the 400m run 🏃. Congratulations to all of our athletes, we are so very proud of you!! 🖤🧡 Also, thank you to Coach James and all of our volunteers, board members and parents that help make this all possible!

06/06/2026

BASA will be holding our annual softball tournament on Saturday, June 27th, and we are still looking for co-ed teams to help in this great fundraiser!! Entry fee is $150, contact Benjie Holmes at 217-972-7585 to register or for further information! 🥎🧡🖤

Our organization would like to thank every individual and business that supported us today!! This fundraiser was a huge ...
05/08/2026

Our organization would like to thank every individual and business that supported us today!! This fundraiser was a huge success for our athletes 🏆We also want to thank our volunteers, coaches, athletes and board members for showing up today! Amazing teamwork 👏 And a huge shout out to the Elks Club for taking care of us, and grilling those amazing pork chops!! Thanks again, we appreciate and love our community 🧡🖤

BASA Track 2026 Spring Games🏃‍♀️🏃 Our athletes did an amazing job today, and we are so proud of all of them. It was so v...
05/03/2026

BASA Track 2026 Spring Games🏃‍♀️🏃 Our athletes did an amazing job today, and we are so proud of all of them. It was so very WINDY 💨, luckily most of us avoided the dust storm, though everyone powered through. We came home with several medals, including six gold! 🏅 Congratulations to Jenny, Matthew, Henry, David, Brian, and Jess!! They are headed to Summer Games in Bloomington! 🧡🖤 PS. Stephany was picked to represent BASA with the Law Enforcement torch pass! So note the pics of her with her partnered officer and their race back the starting line ❤️

Congratulations to our very own Benjie Holmes for winning Region H 2026 Coach of the Year!! 🏅Benjie supports our athlete...
05/03/2026

Congratulations to our very own Benjie Holmes for winning Region H 2026 Coach of the Year!! 🏅Benjie supports our athletes, on and off of the court/field, coaches numerous sports, designs our uniforms, keeps the equipment in check, sits on the BASA board, is our athletic director, keeps our finances in order, builds whatever we need built and we are forever grateful! It's obvious we would be lost without him! Thank you for all that you do, Benjie, and thank you to Benjie's family for sharing him with us! A well-deserved honor 🧡🖤

04/26/2026

Please support our BASA athletes through our 2nd annual pork chop fundraiser!! Eat in, call for delivery or carry out!! May 8th from 11 to 2 at the Elks Club in Beardstown!! 🧡🖤

Anyone who is interested in playing softball this season, the first practice will be May 15th at 6 pm. Info, along with ...
04/24/2026

Anyone who is interested in playing softball this season, the first practice will be May 15th at 6 pm. Info, along with Benjie's number, is listed below. 🧡🖤🥎

For anyone interested, LaMoine Christian Service Camp is offering a free day camp on June 6th. They are also having an O...
04/24/2026

For anyone interested, LaMoine Christian Service Camp is offering a free day camp on June 6th. They are also having an Open House on May 30th. The info and web address to register is posted in the pictures below, or you can like their FB page and have direct access to a link. Thanks for the info, Caroline Mathis!! Looks like a great, and fun, opportunity!!

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501 Clay Street
Beardstown, IL
62618

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