[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE GOFFSTOWN GRIZZLIES FOOTBALL TEAM

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                          HON. FRANK C. GUINTA

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute the Goffstown Grizzlies 
football team in New Hampshire's First District. The Grizzlies, 
representing Goffstown High School with just a thousand students, have 
an amazing story of perseverance and achievement.
  Thanks to their coach, the team qualified for a Division 3 
championship a few years ago and advanced to Division 1, the toughest 
in the Granite State. Even their fans thought competing at that high 
level would be a tall order.
  The Grizzlies are undefeated this season. They enter Saturday's 
Division 1 playoff game ranked number one. It will be their first home 
playoff game. And they got there with exciting defense and special 
teams play, blocking punts and returning kickoffs for touchdowns.
  They have the Granite State's fiercest line-backing crew and the sack 
leader. Their kicker boots 45-yard field goals, helping his team to 
average more than 42 points a game. The running back rushed for a 
thousand yards this season and scored over twenty touchdowns. The 
Grizzlies have New Hampshire's most potent passing attack.
  Their spirited fans make it easy to be a Grizzlies fan, not that 
you'd need any more reason to like this impressive team of underdogs, 
who take on the Second District's North Nashua Titans this weekend.
  I wish both teams well but the Grizzlies a little better.

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