[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CENTRALIA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I would like to commend the Orphans 
of Centralia High School of Centralia, IL, for the amazing success of 
their boys basketball program. They have the best winning record of any 
high school basketball team in the Nation, according to the 1996 
edition of the National High School Sports Record Book. Since 1907, the 
basketball program has been dedicated to excellence on the basketball 
court. In this span, the Centralia High boys team has recorded 45 
regional championships, 16 district titles, 16 sectional crowns, two 
second-, one third- and one fourth-place finish in the State 
tournament. With 20 wins and 6 losses during the 1995-96 season, their 
record now stands at 1,780-761. This is quite an achievement.
  I would also like to extend my appreciation to coach Rick Moss. In 
the three seasons he has been coach, he has posted a 71-12 record--a 
record that looks a lot like the Chicago Bulls' great success of the 
past season. Coach Moss and his staff have done a magnificent job in 
preparing his team for competition.
  Again, I offer my congratulations to the Centralia High School boys 
basketball team for achieving this feat. I look forward to seeing them 
maintain this winning tradition during the 1996-97 season, which will 
make the 90th year of the boys basketball program.

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