[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Towns) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Boys and Girls 
High School in Brooklyn, New York. The boys basketball team last month 
won the New York City Public School Athletic League, PSAL, city 
championship. It is really referred to as the High, as it is 
affectionately known in Brooklyn, and has a long known history of 
athletic excellence.
  I'm not standing here recognizing the High's boys basketball team 
only because it won its first PSAL championship in 31 years or because 
it has several players who college scouts are seriously recruiting. All 
of that is noteworthy and I think it is just great that that has 
occurred. But I also stand here because of the coach, Ruth Lovelace, 
the coach of the High's basketball team. She is the first woman in the 
history of the PSAL to take a male team to the championship and win.
  Ms. Lovelace did not do it alone. She did not shoot or dribble a ball 
or even get fouled. Rather, she provided the leadership to take them 
all the way.
  Ms. Lovelace starred in basketball at the High, played both at 
Hilbert Junior College and Seton Hall. As coach, she won 377 times and 
lost only 108 games during her 15-year tenure. Coach Love and the team 
have been featured in documentaries on ESPN, NBC, and CBS.
  Coach Love would not have had the opportunity to lead a male team to 
a basketball championship without Congress's efforts to pass title IX 
in 1972. This signature piece of legislation opened the doors for women 
like Ruth Lovelace to participate in organized sports.
  Again, I applaud the Boys and Girls High School boys basketball team 
for having a winning season and making the residents of the 10th 
Congressional District of Brooklyn, my fellow Brooklynites, so proud.
  I would like to just enter the names of these great athletes into our 
Congressional Record because they are not only great athletes, they're 
also great scholars, they're also great gentlemen, and I think that 
within itself is something that we should recognize today.
  I would like to recognize Jonathan Arroyo, Dominique Bostick, Ralph 
Colon, Leroy Truck Fludd, Anthony Hemingway, Leroy Isler, Darren Kirby, 
Christopher Lockhart, Nkosi Brown, Jamal Mapp, Aaron McBurnie, Saequahn 
Pettus, Jeffland Neverson, Jobse Reyes, Antoine Slaughter, Calvin 
Sterling, Michael Taylor, Jerry White, Brandon Williams.
  And let me just recognize the coaches. First I want to recognize the 
athletic director, Sheila Shale; and then head coach, again, Ruth 
Lovelace; and her assistant coaches, Elmer Anderson, Jeff Wiggins, and 
Gene Carroll for the outstanding job that they have done on behalf of 
these young people who I know will go on to college and to make all of 
us proud.
  So it's my honor and my pleasure to say to the Boys and Girls High 
School we are so proud of you and what you have done to bring back the 
pride to Brooklyn that we rightfully deserve. Congratulations, Boys and 
Girls High School.

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