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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1546 

Congratulating the Washington Stealth for winning the National Lacrosse 

League Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2010 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. 

DOYLE, Mr. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 

HEINRICH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. KIND, Mr. 

KING of New York, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 

MELANCON, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Washington Stealth for winning the 

National Lacrosse League Championship. 

Whereas, on May 15, 2010, the Washington Stealth defeated 

Toronto Rock 15 to 11 in the National Lacrosse League 

Championship in Everett, Washington; 


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Whereas the Stealth franchise won the Western Division during the regular season with a NLL-best 11 and 5 record, 

capturing the Western Divisional Championship by defeating the Edmonton Rush; 

Whereas the 2010 National Lacrosse League Championship 

game was sold out and 8,609 people watched the game 

at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Washington; 

Whereas this was the Washington Stealth’s first season in 

Everett, Washington, after spending 6 seasons in San 

Jose, California; 

Whereas Washington Stealth led the National Lacrosse 

League in goal-scoring with 211 goals in 16 regular season games; 

Whereas team member Lewis Ratcliff was the league’s top 

goal-scorer with 46 goals and earned the Championship 

Game MVP honors after scoring 5 goals during the 

championship game; 

Whereas David Takata, President of Washington Stealth, has 

been named the National Lacrosse League’s Executive of 

the Year; 

Whereas Chris Hall, Head Coach of Washington Stealth, has 

been named the National Lacrosse League’s Coach of the 

Year; 

Whereas Forwards Lewis Ratcliff and Rhys Duch have 

earned the honor of Second Team All-Pro; 

Whereas Defenseman Matt Beers earned the honor of AllRookie Team; 

Whereas Lacrosse is the Nation’s fastest growing sport; 

Whereas the National Lacrosse League has 11 teams 

throughout North America; 


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Whereas the National Lacrosse League’s West Division includes the Washington Stealth, Colorado Mammoth, Minnesota Swarm, Edmonton Rush, and Calgary Roughnecks; 

Whereas the National Lacrosse League’s East Division includes the Toronto Rock, Boston Blazers, Rochester 

Knighthawks, Buffalo Bandits, Orlando Titans, and 

Philadelphia Wings; 

Whereas 2010 marked the National Lacrosse League’s 24th 

season; and 

Whereas over 1,000,000 fans enter the doors of the National 

Lacrosse League arenas on a yearly basis: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the Washington Stealth for 

3 winning the National Lacrosse League Champion4 ship; and 

5 (2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 

6 coaches, students, and support staff who were in7 strumental in the victory. 

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