[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE VALLEY SPORTS AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM

  (Mrs. NORTHUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Speaker, the Valley Sports American Little League 
Team from Louisville won not only the World Series in this country, but 
the International World Series. This is a group of 11-year-old 
youngsters that not only played terrific games all the way through the 
playoffs, but conducted themselves with such sportsmanship and were 
such gracious winners that they captured the hearts not only of people 
in Louisville, Kentucky, but people all across this country.
  They were totally unknown, went into the tournament with all the 
confidence and all the toughness that we would expect a group of 11-
year-olds to have. They won the series in this country on Saturday 
night, and then won the International World Series on Sunday night.
  They had the wonderful opportunity of meeting the President of the 
United States when he was in Louisville last week, and have been 
greeted with applause all across our community and all across this 
country. I just rise to recognize them.

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