House Resolution 132 - Introduced
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H.R. ________ S.R. ________
1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY ALONS
1 3 A Resolution recognizing Iowa's 4th legislative house
1 4 district as the 2008 Iowa High School Boys' State
1 5 Basketball Tournament capitol.
1 6 WHEREAS, Lyon and Sioux Counties have sent three
1 7 teams to the 2008 Iowa High School Boys' State
1 8 Basketball Tournament; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the Western Christian High School team,
1 10 the Wolfpack, coached by Jim Eekhoff, came to the 2008
1 11 tournament as the defending Class 2A state basketball
1 12 champions and successfully defended that title to
1 13 claim the Class 2A championship for two years in a
1 14 row; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the George=Little Rock High School team,
1 16 the Mustangs, coached by Ben Gerleman, were the 2001
1 17 and 2006 Class 1A state champions and in the 2008
1 18 tournament, were the Class 1A runner up; and
1 19 WHEREAS, the Boyden=Hull High School team, the
1 20 Comets, coached by Bill Francis, is a scrappy Class 1A
1 21 team, winning through the quarter=final round of play
1 22 and shocking top=seeded and unbeaten
1 23 Sheffield=Chapin/Meservey=Thornton with a 43=40 win,
1 24 and then playing in the Class 1A consolation
1 25 championship; NOW THEREFORE,
1 26 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1 27 That the House of Representatives honors the work and
1 28 achievements of these three remarkable teams and
1 29 recognizes Iowa's 4th legislative house district as
1 30 the 2008 Iowa High School Boys' State Basketball
2 1 Tournament capitol.
2 2 LSB 6600HH 82
2 3 jr/nh/14.1