[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2033-E2034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRATULATING THE CLAY COUNTY HIGH PANTHERS

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                             HON. BOB RILEY

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 21, 1997

  Mr. RILEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with enormous pride to 
congratulate and commend my hometown football team, the Clay County 
High School Panthers, on breaking the Alabama record for the most 
consecutive wins in high school history. This 2A classified team, with 
42 players, claimed their 51st straight victory on Friday night, 
October 17, over Reeltown High School with a score of 43 to 16.
  This victory is an enormous credit to the CCHS football team, as well 
as to their parents, the cheerleaders, the band and the student body, 
who have taken part in making this success possible. As a former player 
for the Panthers myself, I can appreciate the amount of work and 
sacrifice these young men have had to make in order to achieve this 
goal and applaud all their efforts in reaching this point.
  Regardless of what happens in each of their lives, this is an honor 
and a memory that no one will ever be able to take away from them. I 
would also like to commend the Clay County High School coaching staff: 
Coaches Danny Horn, Jerry Weems, Garey Reynolds, Chris Herron, Chuck 
Freeman, Steve Burkhalter, and Bradley Cline. These men have molded 
each of these players into exceptional athletes and taught them the 
importance of teamwork, loyalty, dedication, and drive. And once the 
crowds stop cheering and the band no longer plays, it will be these 
lessons that will shape these teenagers into the men they will become. 
The Panthers have made their school, their coaches, and their entire 
town swell with

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pride, and I, as an alumnus and fan, would like to say congratulations 
on a job well done.

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