[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9325]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING THE CANYON HIGH SCHOOL COWBOY FOOTBALL TEAM

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 23, 2006

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, before the Santa Clarita Valley school term 
ends this year, I wish to recognize the coaches and athletes of the 
Canyon High School's football program for their outstanding performance 
during the 2005 high school football season. Canyon High School's 
varsity football team completed their season by defeating cross-town 
rival Hart High School with a score of 21-13 to clinch the CIF--
California Interscholastic Federation--Southern Section Division II 
title. Canyon High School finished its season with an impressive record 
of 13-1.
  MaxPreps, a California-based national high school sports information 
Web site, lauded Canyon High School's football program. MaxPreps 
recently ranked Canyon High School's football program as the 14th best 
in the Nation. This ranking was achieved amongst a field of over 15,000 
schools nationwide. MaxPreps presented head coach Harry Welch with a 
trophy engraved: ``2005 MaxPreps Tour of Champions, presented by the 
Army National Guard to Canyon High School Head Coach Harry Welch.'' 
Only 10 such trophies were presented nationally.
  Th California Interscholastic Federation also bestowed individual 
honors upon various members of the team. Honors include, but are not 
limited to, All Section First-team Defense--Tyler Hawkins, Garrett 
Leary, All Section Second Team Defense--J.J. DiLuigi, Richard Wirthlin, 
Division II Offensive Players of the Year--Austin Civita, J.J. DiLuigi, 
Division II Defensive Players of the Year--Matt Brown, Garrett Leary, 
Division II Coach of the Year--Harry Welch, Division II Offense--Nick 
Peterson, Nick Madia, Richard Wirthlin, Phillip Malinoski, and Division 
II Defense--Chris Kinsbury, Tyler Hawkins.
  The level of dedication and tenacity displayed by coaches and players 
of Canyon High School's football program deserves great praise. The 
ethos of this tightly knit team should serve as an example to all those 
aspiring for greatness.
  Mr Speaker, I would like to recognize the individual members of 
Canyon High School's champion football team. Coach Harry Welch, Jean P. 
Curvey, Ben Longshore, Richard Wirthlin, Stephen Wirthlin, Anthony 
Arriaga, Amir Rafeh, Mark Urbina, John DiLuigi, Austin Civita, Sean 
Ward, Zane Enright, Phillip Malinoski, Christopher Chapman, David Pyne, 
Sean Gavin, Randal Rigg, Michael Montano, Christopher Kingsbury, 
Michael Cooper, Kenny Suber, Daniel Garza, Jr., Leon Henderson, Tyler 
Hawkins, Keith Martin, Josh Parrick, Jordan Ferguson, C.R. Maldonado, 
Mike Loucks, Michael Pyne, Raymond Maldonado, Jonathan Hammock, Nick 
Jurado, Deric Blas, Matthew Brown, Randy Lemus, Joseph Dellibovi, Grant 
Higgins, Garrett Leary, Michael Blanco, Ryan Schurke, Andrew Martinez, 
Justin Wallace, Andrew Suarez, Nick Peterson, Hacob Karaoglanian, Mike 
Harker, Damian Ozuna, A.J. Wallerstein, Nicholas Madia, Mark Valdez, 
Sean Rowlett, Fares Albichara, Britt Briscoe, Ben Armbruster, and Troy 
Curvey.
  The late Vince Lombardi once said that football is like life--it 
requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication 
and respect for authority. Through their triumphant season, the Canyon 
Cowboys have developed a winning attitude that will serve them well for 
their entire life. I commend the team for their ability, commitment, 
and steadfast determination and I wish them the best of luck in all of 
their future endeavors.

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