[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 46 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE TEXAS CLASS 5A BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONS AT 
                        DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 16, 2007

  Mr. MARCHANT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer a word of 
congratulations to the boys basketball team of Duncanville High School 
who captured the Class 5A Division I State Championship. Their 60-46 
win over Humble Kingwood took place on March 10, 2007, at Frank Erwin 
Center in Austin, TX.
  The boys made a promise from the start of the season to go undefeated 
and they kept it with an unblemished record of 39-0. The Duncanville 
Panthers are one of only 11 other Texas high school teams to have gone 
undefeated and win the UIL state title since 1970. HoopsUSA.com poll 
ranks Duncanville as No. 1 in the Nation.
  The Panthers consist of 11 tremendous young men, including Seniors 
D'Walyn Roberts, Corey Johnson, and Brent Staton; Juniors Brian Talley, 
Victor Adewunmi, Marcus Gilmore, Jamal Lenzy, Josh Etheridge, and Kevin 
Butler; and Sophomores Shawn Williams, and Roger Franklin.
  In Coach Phil McNeely's 23 year tenure at Duncanville, this is his 
third State championship. Coach McNeely said this team was his best 
defensively allowing an average of only 40.8 points in the final four 
playoff games.
  Again, I offer my congratulations to the Duncanville High School boys 
basketball team for an outstanding and historic season.

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