[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MOUNT AIRY GRANITE BEARS FOOTBALL TAKE STATEWIDE TITLE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last month the Granite Bears of Mount Airy, 
North Carolina, notched one final win in their perfect 2008 season. The 
Bears won a decisive victory over Williamston in a North Carolina 1-A 
State high school football championship game on December 13.
  The Bears 37-14 championship victory was reminiscent of their 
triumphant 2008 season, in which they allowed only 80 points in their 
first 15 games. In the playoffs Mount Airy dominated every opponent 
they faced, scoring 261 points to their opponents' meager 26 points.
  Coach Kelly Holder and the whole Mount Airy team, led by quarterback 
Aaron Wheeler, made the Mount Airy community glow with pride when they 
capped their perfect season with the State title. And with 16 seniors 
filling the team's roster, the State championship is a crowning 
achievement for a team of young men who have played together for so 
many years.
  I congratulate the players, coaches, parents, teachers and fans for a 
perfect season and State championship. The Mount Airy Bears deserve to 
be celebrated for making this community proud in their 2008 season.

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