[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING IDAHO'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BASEBALL TEAMS

  (Mr. OTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OTTER. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the college baseball 
teams from Idaho's First Congressional District for winning the 
national championship and placing third at the recent NAIA World 
Series. The Lewis & Clark State College Warriors, led by veteran coach 
Ed Cheff, captured their 12th national title since 1984 on their own 
Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho, beating Oklahoma City 12-8 in the May 
31 championship game.
  Meanwhile, the Coyotes from Albertson College in Caldwell, my alma 
mater, finished third in head coach Shawn Humberger's first World 
Series appearance. Only an Albertson College loss to Oklahoma City in 
the semifinals kept the title game from being an all-Idaho, all-First 
Congressional District affair.
  Lewis & Clark State College, which also happens to be the alma mater 
of my colleague, Mary Bono's spouse, finished with a 41-16 record, 
returning the national championship to Lewiston after a 1-year hiatus. 
Albertson College ended its season 42-20-1 as the Coyotes continue 
building a reputation as a national power. They won their first 
national title in 1998, were national runners-up in 1999, and placed 
fifth in 2000.
  I am proud of both programs' success and of the quality of education 
that these athletes receive at these public and private institutions.

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