Jack Kingston: “last year I was in Macon, Georgia, for the Girls' State Championship Basketball Game, and it was a great thrill when I…”

“last year I was in Macon, Georgia, for the Girls' State Championship Basketball Game, and it was a great thrill when I saw that the Savannah Country Day girls were victorious. Last night, unfortunately, I was unable to attend, but many of the same young women were victorious in winning Savannah Country Day's first volleyball championship, which I believe is also the first volleyball championship for Savannah, Georgia. They do a great job. They work hard and I have, Mr. Speaker, the roster of the young women who played on that team. And I will submit that for the Record, as well as the name of the coaches. Mr. Speaker, I also want to take particular pleasure in bragging about my very own goddaughter, Sarah Sipple, who is one of the team's leaders and one of the great athletes of that school, who was very much in the thick of the action yesterday. I regret I could not have been there in person, but I watched these young women grow up, many since they were 2 years old and 3 years old. I can tell my colleagues, there are great things going on in Savannah, Georgia, with woman athletics; but even more than that, I am proud to say it is going on nationally. Athletics is something that teaches us all to be better people, better team players, better citizens in the long run and to take care of ourselves.”