[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM

  (Mr. HAYES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and pay tribute 
to the Concord High School girls basketball team for winning the North 
Carolina State Championship this year. Lady Spiders ended a 31 win and 
2 loss season by defeating Beddingfield 77-62 on March 15, the first 
girls championship in the school history and the fourth State 
championship for the school in the last 5 years.
  Concord's Nyshia Hammond was named Most Valuable Player, and T.T. 
Belcher won the Most Outstanding Player Award for the Spiders. 
Concord's coach and school Athletic Director, Angela Morton, was also 
named the 2008 Associated Press women's basketball Coach of the Year 
for North Carolina. Morton has coached the team for five seasons, 
during which she led them from a 0-24 season, to a State championship 
title.
  The athletic program at Concord High is one of the great traditions 
that dates back even further than my years. The nickname, Spiders, came 
from the athletic field at the old high school, named after Principal 
and School Superintendent A.S. Webb. Concord's first title was won in 
1929.
  I am extremely proud of the hard work and dedication of these young 
women from my hometown. Congratulations, Coach of the Year, Angela 
Morton; Assistant Coaches, JarMark Parker and Samantha Bedford, and the 
Lady Spiders on your successful season and State championship victory.




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