[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO THE GERMANTOWN BULLDOGS

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 17, 2009

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
championship team from Germantown, Illinois.
  The Germantown Bulldogs beat Mt. Vernon-St. Mary 35-32 to clinch the 
2009 Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association Class S 
state championship. The Bulldogs brought home the trophy after 
finishing the season with a stellar 28-1 record.
  To win the title, the Bulldogs built an early lead, then had to hold 
off an intense second-half rally, but they showed poise under pressure, 
and held on to get the win.
  I want to congratulate Coach Gerard Alpers and his assistant coach, 
Jeff Lampe, on their fine work with this group of student athletes. I 
also want to extend my congratulations to the members of the 2008-2009 
Germantown Bulldogs state championship boys basketball team: Seth 
Haake, Nick Hitpas, Jalen Albers, Drew Foppe, Grant Haake, Kevin Haar, 
Kyle Kohnen, Brandon Becker, Mitchell Langenhorst, Christian Kohnen, 
Kyler Scheer, Jordan Lampe and Travis Wuebbels.
  This outstanding group of young men represented themselves, their 
school, families and community in a first-rate fashion. It is my 
privilege to congratulate them on a job well done.

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