[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO THE CHERRYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the American Legion 
Post 100 baseball team from Cherryville, North Carolina, who last month 
finished second at the American Legion's World Series.
  These 18 young men remind us about what is right in America. Through 
hard work and discipline, they bested more than 5,000 teams from all 
over the country. Through it all, they conducted themselves as true 
gentleman from the Tar Heel State.
  In mid-August, they traveled to Tennessee for the Southeast Regional 
Title Game, and there their pitching was so tough that their opponents 
could not score a run until Cherryville was leading 9 to nothing. From 
Tennessee, they traveled to Las Vegas for the national finals. In an 
exciting final four game, they defeated a team from Danville, 
California. In the sixth inning, John Mackie broke a 3-3 tie with an 
inside-the-park home run. And then in the bottom of the eighth, Josh 
Cobb added an insurance run with an RBI single. Josh's hit proved to be 
important, because Danville scored a run in the ninth before 
Cherryville ace Ralph Roberts struck out a batter to end the game.
  The championship game against Edwardsville, Illinois did not have 
such a happy ending. Nevertheless, our boys from Cherryville have made 
the folks of Gaston and Lincoln Counties quite proud. It is really a 
feat to finish second out of more than 5,000 teams; and in my 
congressional office, we switched the TV to ESPN to watch the game.
  Mr. Speaker, I am submitting the names of Cherryville's coach and 
players for the Record.

   Cherryville, North Carolina American Legion Post 100 Baseball Team

       Bobby Dale Reynolds, Head Coach; A.J. Henley, Assistant 
     Coach; Scotty Heauner, Assistant Coach; Bill Abernathy, 
     Athletic Officer; and Jerry Porter, Post 100 Commander.
       Wesley Eugene Anthony, Brandon Chad Cash, Joshua Michael 
     Cobb, Eric James Davis, Eddie Travis Farmer, Ryan Marcus 
     Freeman, Wesley Keith Hudson, Bradley Keith Huffstetler, 
     Christopher Paul Keener.
       Brad Michael Lane, John Kemp Mackie, Kenneth John 
     Mosteller, Thomas Ray Pruett II, Ralph Ricardo Roberts, Jason 
     Rush Sain, Justin William Sanford, Brian MacArthur Sigmon, 
     Bryson Dennis Willis.

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