Senate Resolution 138 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2           BY  HATCH, McCOY, ZAUN, and DEARDEN
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Des Moines Roosevelt High
  1  4    School Girls' Basketball Team.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the Des Moines Roosevelt High School
  1  6 Girls' Basketball Team, the "Roughriders", completed
  1  7 the 2005=2006 season with a record of 17 wins and four
  1  8 losses and a postseason record of five wins and no
  1  9 losses, for a final record of 22 wins and four losses;
  1 10 and
  1 11    WHEREAS, the Roosevelt Roughriders were ranked
  1 12 fifth in the class 4=A division by the Iowa Girls High
  1 13 School Athletic Union; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, on Saturday, March 11, 2006, in front of
  1 15 almost 12,000 fans at Wells Fargo Arena, the Roosevelt
  1 16 Roughriders won the class 4=A championship at the 2006
  1 17 Iowa Girls' State Basketball Tournament; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, that championship was clinched with a 53=
  1 19 28 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' state
  1 21 championship is the first for a Des Moines school
  1 22 since 1979, when an East High School team won a six=
  1 23 player title in Veterans Memorial Auditorium; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, Roughrider Charmaine Bell, a junior
  1 25 forward who scored 15 points in the championship game
  1 26 and was tournament leader in both points and assists,
  1 27 was named captain of the all=tournament team and was
  1 28 chosen for the Des Moines Register's Girls' Class 4=A
  1 29 All=State Basketball Team; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, MyKenya Johnson, scoring a game=high 18
  2  1 points, was also named to the all=tournament team; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, both the freshman and junior varsity teams
  2  3 contributed to this victory, assisting in practices
  2  4 and providing material and emotional support to their
  2  5 varsity teammates; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, the Roosevelt community was also honored,
  2  7 as principal Anita Micich accepted the class 4=A
  2  8 sportsmanship award; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  9    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 10 congratulates the members of the Des Moines Roosevelt
  2 11 High School Girls' Basketball Team:  Steph
  2 12 Fleckenstein, Emily Warford, Whitney Brewer, Charmaine
  2 13 Bell, Leigh Hotchkiss, Sacha Tyson, Ashley Tindrell,
  2 14 Samantha Tapscott, Megan Pederson, Quinnetta Claytor,
  2 15 Taylor Gray, Emma Van Winkle, Morgan Hamner, and
  2 16 MyKenya Johnson; their coach, Tig Johnson; assistant
  2 17 coaches, James McNear, Shawn McCurtain, Kevin Reed,
  2 18 and Mike Anderson; and the team managers, Megan Ashley
  2 19 and Peri Baldwin, for winning the class 4=A
  2 20 championship at the 2006 Iowa Girls' State Basketball
  2 21 Tournament and for the honor they have brought to
  2 22 their school and the residents of Des Moines; and
  2 23    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2 24 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2 25 presentation to Coach Johnson and the members of the
  2 26 Roosevelt Roughriders High School Girls' Basketball
  2 27 Team.
  2 28 LSB 6607SS 81
  2 29 jr:nh/gg/14