House Resolution 30 - Introduced
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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
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