Special Olympics Players To Feature In Battle Of The Badges

Tickets will be on sale at the door for the second annual Battle of the Badges pitting Algonquin police officers against Lake in the Hills police officers in a charity basketball game at Jacobs High School Saturday, May 12 at 10 am.  The battle will be a little different from last year, though, because both teams this year will include Special Olympics players, too, appropriate since the game's in support of the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

Algonquin Police Chief Russ Laine joked last week that Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association athletes James Williams and Spencer Deacon were probably in better shape than the cops but LITH has a pair of distance runners on the team who could probably beat I'll Have Another on a long track.

Admission at the game will be $5, kids 10 and under free.  There's a 50/50 raffle scheduled, too.

In the pic:  A little action at the net in last year's Battle of the Badges basketball game.