Aroostook Special Olympics soccer is going strong after a decade

Aroostook Special Olympics soccer is going strong after a decade

Three decades after Special Olympics Aroostook launched a basketball team for athletes with intellectual disabilities, Carl Michaud and Presque Isle Athletic Director Mark White sat in the stands of a high school cheerleading competition. They were discussing the success of that team — called the Snowdogs — in their most recent season, when White brought up a new idea. “He says, ‘You know, you guys should start a soccer team,’” said Michaud, the…