Lower Dauphin High School's Unified Bocce team placed first in the Mid-Penn Conference's North Division and second overall to Greencastle-Antrim High School at the league championships held at Lower Dauphin High School on Feb. 22.

The Falcons' Unified Indoor Bocce team of Ethan Parker, Bryan Desmond, Sydney Laubach, Conner Roth, Morgan Sparks, Victoria Kutz, Taylor Korczynski and Avery Pollock advanced to the regional championships at Penn State Schuylkill. The top two teams from regionals were able to compete in the state championship games at the Giant Center in Hershey in March.

The squad is coached by special education teacher Monica Hockenbrock and physical education teacher Megan Etter.

By providing opportunities for students both with all types of disabilities and without disabilities to participate meaningfully in sports and by engaging other students in the school community, Special Olympics Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS) seeks to promote inclusion, acceptance, and respect. The IUS program is supported by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education.

The Unified Indoor Bocce season occurs from December through February with the culminating events held in March. Teams practice a minimum of twice a week and participate in at least three competitions. A team consists of a proportional number of students with and without intellectual disabilities, and one team consists of six to eight athletes.