[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1332-E1333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE DOUGLASS INDIANS FOR CLAIMING STATE BASEBALL 
                           CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 8, 2014

  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride today that I 
enthusiastically recognize the 2014 Douglass Indians Baseball Team on 
an outstanding season, in which they have attained the title of 2014 
Texas State Class A Baseball Champions.
  To end their thirty-three to one season, the Indians defeated 
Flatonia Bulldogs in a shutout, with a final score of 10-0. Throughout 
this outstanding season the Indians had, in thirty-four games, allowed 
only thirty-four runs and scored themselves a dazzling three hundred 
seventy-seven. The team's batting average for the season was an 
impressive .392. All in all, the team set the school record for wins 
and secured the first and only state baseball championship in the 
school's history.
  With the support of coaches, teachers, administrators and their 
entire community, these young men bear witness that anything is 
achievable through hard work and determination. These are guiding 
principles that lead to success not only on the field, but will 
undoubtedly resonate through every endeavor these valiant championship 
players undertake in their entire lifetimes.
  Among the individual team members to be congratulated are Matthew 
Wallace, Logan Ammons, Cade James, Kolten Rhoudes, Grant Holland, Chase 
Dyson, Clayton Sestak, Trenton Carrigan, Bryce Westbrook, Bryce McLeod, 
Taylor Schroeder, John Sinz, Jake Spies, Hunter Lee, Brandon Stanfield, 
and Robert Campbell.
  Douglass Indians' Team Manager Bonner Watson, Head Coach Eugene 
Lafitte, Assistant Coach Nick Freeman, and Principal Jeff Roquemore are 
to be praised for their support and unwavering leadership.
  It is indeed an honor to join the constituents of the First District 
of Texas in congratulating the players and athletic staff of the 2014 
Class A Champion Douglass High School Baseball Team. Their legacy is 
now recorded in the Congressional Record, which will endure as long as 
there is a United States of America.

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