[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 103 (Thursday, June 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATING RUSSELL COUNTY BASEBALL

  (Mr. COMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the Russell County High 
School baseball team, the Kentucky State High School runners-up. Their 
head coach, David Rexroat, has led the Lakers baseball team since 2002. 
He is the all-time winningest baseball coach at Russell County, and he 
was recently inducted into the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches 
Hall of Fame.
  Russell County began their journey to the State tournament by winning 
the 16th District baseball tournament, which includes my home school of 
Monroe County. They have won the 16th District 9 of the last 10 years. 
They won the region, the 4th Region in Bowling Green, and went on to 
Louisville to the State. They made it all the way to the State finals, 
to the State championship game.
  The Russell County Lakers baseball team had nine seniors on that team 
that had played together most of their lives. They finished the season 
31-7, the most wins in Russell County school history.
  Madam Speaker, that State championship game was in Louisville, 
Kentucky, against St. Xavier, which is one of the largest high schools 
in the State. It is about a 2\1/2\ hour drive from Russell County to 
Louisville. Ninety-five percent of the crowd was from the small county 
of Russell County. This community is proud of this baseball team and 
their great accomplishment. I commend them for a tremendous baseball 
season.

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