[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRATULATING RIVERHEADS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM

  (Mr. CLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, high school athletics play an important 
role in the lives of so many young people in the communities that they 
live in, which is why I have a policy of speaking from the floor to 
congratulate my district's State championship teams.
  Today, I am here to honor the Riverheads High School football team, 
which won the VHSL Class 1 State title last month. Not only did the 
Gladiators best their opponent by an impressive 45-14 point margin, but 
this victory marked the team's sixth consecutive State championship, 
the only football program in VHSL history to accomplish such a feat.
  And if that weren't monumental enough, the game was also the team's 
50th straight win, which is the longest active winning streak in our 
Nation.
  For the past 26 years, this team has been led by Coach Robert Casto, 
who has sadly announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 
school year. Coach Casto's remarkable coaching career comes to an end 
with an overall record of 59 losses and 261 wins, including nine State 
championships.
  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to recognize this talented football 
team and their remarkable coach. Go Gladiators.

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