[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E818]
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IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF HOLGATE HIGH SCHOOL'S DIVISION IV STATE MEN'S 
                        BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 12, 2004

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend my heartfelt 
congratulations to Head Coach Paul Wayne and his Holgate men's 
basketball team on the winning of their first State Championship in 
high school basketball.
  The Holgate High School men's basketball team has worked tirelessly 
in pursuit of excellence on the basketball court; and
  The character and team-oriented attitude found on the Holgate men's 
basketball team enabled the Tigers to hold their championship game 
opponents to the lowest score in a state championship game since 1963; 
and
  The Holgate men's basketball team held their tournament opponents to 
an average of 32 points per game and out-rebounded their championship 
game opponent 34-16; and
  Holgate's State Championship in Division IV high school men's 
basketball was their first State title and their first state appearance 
in 51 years.
  Mr. Speaker, Holgate High School finished the season with an 
outstanding 21-6 record, capped by the school's first State 
Championship in high school men's basketball. They embody all that is 
good about the young people we have in our great nation and I again 
congratulate them on an outstanding season on and off the basketball 
court.




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