[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        EDEN PRAIRIE EAGLES WIN 7TH STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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                           HON. ERIK PAULSEN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 30, 2011

  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, in my hometown of Eden Prairie, we take 
high school football seriously, which is why I am so honored to 
congratulate the Eden Prairie Boys Football Team on winning their 
seventh Minnesota State Championship title on Friday evening.
  The Eden Prairie Eagles faced their conference rivals, the Wayzata 
Trojans, at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. It was a game that was 
dominated not by either side's offensive line, but by both team's 
disciplined defense as both sides found it difficult to rack up points 
throughout a majority of the game.
  Late in the fourth quarter, with Eden Prairie up 6-3, the Eagles 
scored the game's only touchdown. At fourth and fourteen, the Eagles 
used a reverse flea flicker to make a 25 yard gain, bringing them 
within five yards of a touchdown. With three minutes left in the game, 
running back Andrew Larson fought his way into the end zone.
  To all the student athletes on the Eden Prairie football team, and to 
Coach Grant and his coaching staff, I want to say ``job well done.''

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