[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CELEBRATING TWO INCREDIBLE TEAMS

  (Ms. PRESSLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate two incredible 
teams whose hard work, determination, and teamwork have made their mark 
in Boston's storied championship history.
  For the first time in the program's history, the Dorchester Eagles 
14U team are Pop Warner national champions. Not to be outdone, the 
Boston Lady Raiders won the Bantam Division Cheer National 
Championship.
  These young men and women have been playing and cheering together for 
years, and this hard-won championship is all the more sweeter after 
coming up just short in last year's tournament.
  They rallied around their teammates, recommitted to their sport, put 
in the work day in and day out, no matter what the New England weather 
could throw at them, and proved themselves to be the best of the best.
  Your Congresswoman is proud of you.
  Congratulations to the entire Metropolitan Pop Warner League, Coach 
Terry Cousins, the families and friends, and most of all, the athletes 
who were already champions in our community but now have the trophy and 
national recognition they so richly deserve.
  Let the Congressional Record reflect the Dorchester Eagles and Boston 
Lady Raiders are the 2023 national champions. Congratulations.

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