[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 30806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SILVER HIGH SCHOOL FIGHTING COLTS

 Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, all over this great country in 
the last month or so, high school football championships have been won 
and lost. I am delighted to report that the team in my hometown of 
Silver City, NM, after decades of effort, has won the championship 
trophy in Class 4A football in New Mexico.
  All who attended Silver High School--and all of us who attended it 
before it changed its name to that--are thrilled with this achievement. 
Seven times in the past, our team has been in the final game, and seven 
times we have come in second. This year, the Silver High School 
Fighting Colts came away with the winner's trophy for the first time in 
the school's history.
  This was accomplished under the leadership of Head Coach David 
Carrillo and his fine staff, and because of the skill and heart of all 
those enthusiastic players and their supportive families. They all have 
the congratulations and good wishes of those of us who have watched the 
team over the years. Somehow it is reassuring to know that no matter 
how old we get, we are always Colts.

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