[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4469]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         FLYERS KEEP NORTH CAROLINA BASKETBALL IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 28, 2012

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, North Carolina has a long and distinguished 
list of college basketball National Champions. This year, however, 
there is only one school from the Old North State that will earn the 
right to hoist a National Championship banner. No, I do not mean the 
North Carolina State University Wolfpack, nor the Duke University Blue 
Devils and not even the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Please 
join me, Mr. Speaker, in congratulating the Sandhills Community College 
Flyers upon their rise to the 2012 National Junior College Athletic 
Association Division III Championship.
  Their 30-6 season ended with a commanding defeat of Cedar Valley 
College, from Dallas, Texas, by a score of 101-86. Outstanding play 
from Guard Daquain Towns, tournament MVP, and the tremendous coaching 
of Mike Apple led the Flyers, in only their third season, past teams in 
the play-offs from the Bronx, New York, Brookdale, New Jersey, and 
Prince George's County, Maryland. On March 17, the Sandhills Flyers 
became the first team from North Carolina to win a Division III 
National Championship and our office is proud to represent this fine 
group of young men. Each member of the Flyers deserves recognition for 
this outstanding achievement and they are:
  Michael Collins, TJ Gill, Raheem Jolliffe, Chris Morrison, Daquain 
Towns, Dre Huntley, Chris Vinson, Trevor Cole, Mike Dorsey, Raheem 
Washington, Michael Robinson, TJ Jones, Tramaine Pride, Louis Craft, 
Kermeriaz Harrington, Erick Ewing, Markell Lotharp, Demontre Jones.
  Coach: Mike Apple.
  Athletic Director: Aaron Denton.
  Congratulations also go out to Dr. John Dempsey and the Sandhills 
Community College family for putting together an organization that 
preserves North Carolina's premier basketball tradition while adding a 
new National Champion to our history books.

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