On the recordFebruary 13, 2020
Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Dallas High School Mountaineers football team for their outstanding championship season. Dallas football went undefeated during their regular season, going 15-0 with playoff wins and a district championship. For the first time since 1993, the Dallas Mountaineers made it all the way to a Pennsylvania State championship. Back in 2016, Dallas football went 2-9, with 12 freshmen on the team. Three years later, these players led their team to a championship season. Under the leadership of the one and only coach Richie Mannello and his great assistant coaches, Dallas was strong on all sides of the ball, with a great gang-tackling defense, a super-solid offensive line, an electrifying passing game, and a backfield I will never forget. The Dallas Mountaineer parents, student body, band, and cheerleaders were a huge part of the Friday night victories, and they made the games an awful lot of fun. The entire community, restaurants, fire department, all the residents of the Back Mountain were all part of this great season. We are going to miss these boys wearing Dallas blue under the Friday night lights, but we know the Dallas tradition, long established, will live on. ____________________





