[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH TOM PILE AND THE EDWARDSVILLE TIGERS BASEBALL 
                                  TEAM

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, after 18 successful years with the 
Edwardsville High School Tigers, Coach Tom Pile is retiring from 
coaching baseball. He has never won fewer than 20 games in a season, 
and his teams have made five State tournament appearances. In 1994 he 
was elected to the Illinois High School Coaches Association Hall of 
Fame. Even better, Coach Tom Pile is going out on top. Just recently 
his Tigers won the Class AA Baseball Championship, being the first 
Illinois Class AA team to finish with a perfect undefeated season, 40 
and 0.
  While Coach Tom Pile is a constituent of mine, his daughter, 
Elizabeth Pile, is on the staff of our colleague, the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Costello).
  Congratulations to the Edwardsville Tigers baseball team for a 
championship season, and especially Coach Tom Pile for a great coaching 
career and a great daughter.

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