House Resolution 30 - Introduced PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY BOAL 1 3 A Resolution honoring the Ankeny High School Girls' 1 4 Basketball Team. 1 5 WHEREAS, the Ankeny "Hawkettes" High School Girls' 1 6 Basketball Team completed the 2004=2005 season with an 1 7 impressive 27=0 record, ranked first in the class 4A 1 8 division by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union; 1 9 and 1 10 WHEREAS, even that remarkable record was topped on 1 11 Saturday, March 12, 2005, when the Ankeny Hawkettes 1 12 became the first Iowa high school girls' team to win 1 13 four consecutive crowns since a state=sanctioned 1 14 tournament began in 1926; and 1 15 WHEREAS, that victory gave the Ankeny Hawkettes a 1 16 sizzling record of 44 wins in consecutive games, 66 in 1 17 a row against Iowa opponents; and 1 18 WHEREAS, the 2005 tournament victory was preceded 1 19 in December 2004 by a victory in one of the nation's 1 20 most prestigious tournaments, the Kroger Holiday 1 21 Classic in Pickerington, Ohio, against three out=of= 1 22 state teams; and 1 23 WHEREAS, the core members of the team have played 1 24 together since the 3rd and 4th grades, winning 2nd 1 25 place in the Great American Shootout in Minneapolis, 1 26 Minnesota, after their 7th grade year; and 1 27 WHEREAS, the Ankeny Hawkettes are now ranked the 1 28 number 1 girls' high school basketball team in the 1 29 nation in the USA Today Super 25; and 1 30 WHEREAS, the Ankeny Hawkettes currently own more 2 1 overall titles, nine, than any other school in Iowa, 2 2 and coach Scott DeJong, can claim six of them; NOW 2 3 THEREFORE, 2 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 5 That the House of Representatives congratulates the 2 6 members of the Ankeny High School Girls' Basketball 2 7 Team and their coach, Scott DeJong, for a decade=long 2 8 string of sports achievements and thanks them for the 2 9 honor and recognition they have brought to Ankeny and 2 10 to the State of Iowa; and 2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 2 12 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2 13 presentation to Coach DeJong and the members of the 2 14 Ankeny "Hawkettes" High School Girls' Basketball Team. 2 15 LSB 3469HH 81 2 16 jr:rj/gg/14.1 1