[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E512]
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 CONGRATULATIONS TO DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL AND COACH ROBERT HUGHES ON 5-A 
                        BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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                           HON. MARTIN FROST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 19, 2003

  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize and congratulate the 
remarkable Dunbar High School boys basketball team and their legendary 
coach Robert Hughes for winning the 2003 Texas Division 4-A 
championship.
  Throughout the championship tournament, sports fans across Texas 
eagerly followed the Dunbar team to see if Coach Hughes would win his 
fifth state championship just weeks after setting the national record 
for the most wins by a high school basketball coach. An outstanding 
group of student athletes from Fort Worth made sure we weren't 
disappointed.
  The championship game pitted Dunbar, the top seed, against No. 2 seed 
Oxen High School. Led by outstanding play from Jeremis Smith, Lance 
Jackson, Dominique Williams, Jeff Muriel and other Wildcats, Dunbar 
came from behind to win the second championship in Dunbar's school 
history.
  With the excitement of the tournament behind us, talk is turning to 
whether Coach Hughes will return for his 46th season of coaching. The 
Dunbar players, many of whom are returning next season and who 
desperately want to play for the title again in Austin, have made it 
very clear that they want Coach Hughes back on the bench. And all of us 
who greatly admire everything Coach Hughes has accomplished on the 
court and to help countless young peoples' lives also hope to see him 
back next year.

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