Along with the “pallino,” which is a small, usually white, target ball, bocce equipment includes eight larger, colored balls, often in two different-colored sets of four.

STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) — The St. Anthony’s Youth Bocce League continued its third week with a playing session on Sunday. There are 37 kids in the league this year from ages 3 to 12.

A hush descends as the brightly colored ball leaves the player’s hand. It caroms off a side wall, knocks another ball out of its way and comes to rest against a small white ball — the pallino.

During a game, a ball is either rolled or tossed underhand down a long court with the aim of coming to rest near a smaller target ball called a pallino. Standard bocce balls weigh 2 pounds and ...

The object is to roll the bocce balls -- diameter 41/2 inches, weight three pounds -- closest to the small, white target ball, called the pallino. The court is 60 feet long, and each team rolls ...