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