[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1143-H1144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRATULATING DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAINEERS

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Dallas 
High School Mountaineers football team for their outstanding 
championship season.
  Dallas football went undefeated during their regular season, going 
15-0 with playoff wins and a district championship.

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  For the first time since 1993, the Dallas Mountaineers made it all 
the way to a Pennsylvania State championship.
  Back in 2016, Dallas football went 2-9, with 12 freshmen on the team. 
Three years later, these players led their team to a championship 
season.
  Under the leadership of the one and only coach Richie Mannello and 
his great assistant coaches, Dallas was strong on all sides of the 
ball, with a great gang-tackling defense, a super-solid offensive line, 
an electrifying passing game, and a backfield I will never forget.
  The Dallas Mountaineer parents, student body, band, and cheerleaders 
were a huge part of the Friday night victories, and they made the games 
an awful lot of fun. The entire community, restaurants, fire 
department, all the residents of the Back Mountain were all part of 
this great season.
  We are going to miss these boys wearing Dallas blue under the Friday 
night lights, but we know the Dallas tradition, long established, will 
live on.

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