[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 171]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       EAST NICOLAUS HIGH SCHOOL

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, before the holiday break, I rose to 
congratulate the East Nicolaus High School Spartans from Sutter County 
for advancing to the CIF Division VI-AA football championship game. At 
that time, they were about to make a 500-mile trip to San Diego to face 
Coronado, a school four times their size.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say that the Spartans may have 
been the underdogs in the game, but that didn't matter to them. On 
December 28, they won the championship game 16-6. Quarterback S.J. 
Brown threw for a touchdown and rushed for another. Donovan Switalski 
had 25 carries for 135 yards. On defense, quarterback Eddie Herrera 
intercepted two passes.
  Those are great individual efforts. As a former lineman for the 
University of California Bears, I know it takes a full team to pull out 
a win like this and also a coach.
  I congratulate Coach Travis Barker and the entire East Nicolaus team 
for making Sutter County and the entire Third Congressional District 
very proud.

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