Sharon basketball stars special needs

Some parents of Sharon special needs students have discussed going to a Stonehill College men's basketball game.

But today, the Stonehill College men's basketball team came to them.

For the second straight Sunday, the Skyhawks have passed and shot with the 15 students in the Sharon Basketball Stars special needs basketball program during the kids' practice at the .

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Program leader Katie Currul-Dykeman said she contacted Skyhawks head coach David McLaughlin after some parents expressed interest in watching his team.

Currul-Dykeman, an assistant professor of criminology at the Easton college.

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McLaughlin calls the activity "a great situation" for the team as well as the youngsters.

"To be able to work with youths in the community is going to give them that feeling that it's not just about Stonehill wh