Special Olympics athletes make state floor hockey tourney fast, friendly and fun

Ben Fogletto

Athletes make state hockey tourney fast, friendly, fun

Jesse Hagaman, left, from Toms River, moves with the puck near South Orange goaltender Sean Smith during the New Jersey Special Olympics floor hockey tournament Sunday in Galloway Township. More than 200 athletes played in the two-day event. ‘It’s big-time competition,’ said Jeff Baldino, senior director of competition for Special Olympics New Jersey.