[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            EDEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL: SCHOLARS AND ATHLETES

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Aside from having one of the best academic programs in 
Minnesota, the Eden Prairie School District is now home to new State 
champions in two sports: boys' soccer and girls' volleyball.
  Despite going up against an undefeated team, the Eden Prairie boys' 
soccer team struck early, scoring their first goal in the 4th minute of 
the 2A State championship. The Eden Prairie Eagles kept up the 
pressure, outshooting the opposition and winning the game 3-1 while 
capturing their second State championship since 2002.
  Then this past weekend, in what the Minneapolis Star Tribune deemed 
``epic,'' the Eden Prairie girls' volleyball team won the 3A State 
championship throughout five sets, by battling 32 tied scores and 14 
lead changes, until Eden Prairie took the final set 22-20 to win the 
first State championship ever.
  So congratulations to these fantastic student athletes at Eden 
Prairie High School and also to the coaches.

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