[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LINCOLN WILDCATS BASKETBALL TEAM

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 14, 2008

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Lincoln 
Wildcats basketball team, winners of the Illinois Elementary School 
Association's Boys Class 4A State Championship.
  This outstanding group of young men from Edwardsville, Illinois, took 
the State championship in February with a thrilling one point win over 
Normal Kingsley in the State finals. For the season, they posted a 
record of 24 wins against only 5 losses. Today I want to recognize 
coach Dustin Battas and assistant coach Matt Rogers, and the members of 
the Edwardsville Lincoln Wildcats State championship team: Diarra 
Cropper, Quincy Morgan, Brendan Colligan, Blake Brown, Casey Thebeau, 
Maleek Malone, Derek Page, Brian Gifford, Austin Abegg, Tony Miner, 
Jacob Nolan, Tyler Ogden, Will Suttles, Alex Jackson and Jared Krebs-
Carr.
  These student-athletes have made our community proud, and have 
represented Edwardsville with great honor. I congratulate them on 
bringing home the State title, and wish them the best of luck in all 
their future endeavors.

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