[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page 2451] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]CONGRATULATING LOYOLA SACRED HEART SPEECH AND DEBATE ______ HON. DENNIS R. REHBERG of montana in the house of representatives Monday, February 25, 2008 Mr. REHBERG. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize the continued excellence of a speech and debate program in Montana that has won 25 state championships in a row. With this quarter-century milestone, the Loyola Sacred Heart High School speech and debate team is building on the longest streak of such state championships in United States history. Speech and debate is an activity that fosters valuable skills such as public speaking, bolstering confidence and poise, and critical thinking while showing an awareness of current events. Students compete in two debate events--team debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate--and seven individual public speaking events--extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, original oratory, memorized public address, expository speaking, serious oral interpretation of literature, and humorous oral interpretation of literature. Team scores are accumulated by individual performances in each of these events, so just like this championship streak is made up of many teams, each team is made up of many talented students. This year's championship team included five individual state champions. Dan Evans won the state in Extemporaneous Speaking for an unprecedented third time. Nick Corn, Will Blair, Emily Mihalic and Emilie Loran also took home individual gold for Loyola. They are joined by the remainder of the team, Mike Tarbert, Kevin Conley, Katie Neher, Mary Callahan-Baumstark, Matt Eddy, Myles Dauterive, Dillon Linhart, Dan Cloninger, Nick Mihalic, Lyle Pocha, Laura Snook, Tricia Karsky, Erik Kappelman, Mike Evans, Mariah Rys-Sikora, Brooke Sauro, Kyle Doyle, Justin Dart, Dylan Hyland, Alex Hughes, Ashley Wegener, Ali Hege, Erich Dieziger, Erik Dale, Rachel Lee, Erik Loran, Shawnae Stanton, Griffin Woodall, Alex Ward and Matt Dollar. The team is coached by Head Coach Matt Stergios and Assistant Coaches Sarah Jennings, Stephanie Mansanti, Chuck Hansberry and Theresa Stergios. I am proud to recognize the achievements of this year's team, building on the shoulders of 24 championship teams before them. ____________________