[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THIRD TIME IS A CHARM FOR SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 2010

  Mr. COBLE. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the Sixth 
District of North Carolina, we wish to extend our congratulations to 
the Southwest Randolph High School softball team for winning the North 
Carolina High School Athletic Association State 3-A softball 
championship for the third time in four years.
  The Southwest Randolph Cougars defeated Crest High School 6-1 on June 
5, 2010, at Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina, 
to win the title.
  The win did not come easily with the Cougars trailing 1-0 after the 
third inning. After readjusting to the Chargers' pitching style and 
hitting fewer pop-ups, the Cougars managed to score a run in the fourth 
inning.
  Cougars' pitcher Julia Calicutt was able to stop the Chargers from 
scoring additional runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Having played 
two seasons behind Southwest Randolph's four-year starter Anna Maness, 
Calicutt was finally given her chance to shine.
  Calicutt's athleticism and hard work gave the Cougars the opportunity 
they needed to claim the state title. The Cougars ended the game 
tacking on three additional runs in the fifth inning and two in the 
sixth. ``It's an awesome feeling,'' Calicutt told the Asheboro Courier-
Tribune. ``There were doubts at the beginning of the season. We had to 
do this to prove ourselves,'' added Calicutt.
  The championship team members included: Cythnia Hayes, Hannah Hughes, 
Erin Billups, Olivia Hickman, Julia Callicutt, Kelsey Hoover, Victoria 
Hunt, Sydney Hyder, Sloane King, Ashia Nicholson, Kaylee King, Paige 
Parrish, Hayleigh Clapp, Brooke Hayes, Hagan Kiser, Felicia Brady, 
Braden Newlin, and Alexandria O'Connell. Assisting Head Coach Ricky 
Martinez were Brooke Smith, Robert Hayes and Wendell Seawell.
  Again, we would like to congratulate Southwest Randolph High School's 
softball team, faculty, staff, students, and fans for an outstanding 
championship season.

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