[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3660]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON TO DIVISION I STATE BOYS' BASKETBALL 
             CHAMPIONS, THE CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS

  (Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, the city of Springfield, 
Massachusetts, is known worldwide as the birthplace of basketball. It 
is also where the new Basketball Hall of Fame is being constructed on 
the historic banks of the Connecticut River. And today, it is the home 
of the Division I State basketball champions, the Cathedral High School 
Panthers.
  On Saturday night in the Worcester Centrum, Cathedral defeated 
Brookline by a score of 75 to 71 to capture their first State crown. 
Led by coach Gene Eggleston, the Panthers are now the third team from 
western Massachusetts to earn this coveted State athletics title.
  In addition, the boys' basketball team has now won four of the six 
last western Massachusetts championships.
  Mr. Speaker, their accomplishments speak for themselves. As a former 
teacher at Cathedral, I know the importance the school places on 
education and athletics, and the great job that the Sisters of St. 
Joseph do. They should take great pride in the character demonstrated 
by the boys' basketball team on and off the court this weekend when 
they earned the right to be called the very best team in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  Congratulations on a great season to the Cathedral High School Boys' 
Basketball State Champions.

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