Bill Text: GA SR1445 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: DeKalb County's High School Basketball State Championship Teams; recognize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-13 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1445 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1445-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1445
By:
Senators Henson of the 41st, Ramsey, Sr. of the 43rd, Jones of the 10th, Butler
of the 55th, Weber of the 40th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending DeKalb County's high school basketball state championship teams;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
DeKalb County is home to an impressive four boys and girls Georgia High School
Association basketball state championship title winners; and
WHEREAS,
ten teams from five different classifications were crowned state champions this
year by the Georgia High School Association, and four of those teams were
located in DeKalb County; and
WHEREAS,
in the girls state championships, teams from Southwest DeKalb High School and
Columbia High School earned the top ranking in the state; and
WHEREAS,
the boys basketball teams from Miller Grove High School and Columbia High School
brought home the state championship title; and
WHEREAS,
these incredible DeKalb County teams have made Georgia history as the first
school system to win four state titles in one season; and
WHEREAS,
Columbia High School's teams became the first DeKalb County school to win both a
girls and boys Class AAA state title in the same sport in the same season;
and
WHEREAS,
the Columbia High School's boys basketball team's championship win is the
program's third state title in six years, while the girls basketball team's
championship was the program's first state title in their first state
championship finals appearance; and
WHEREAS,
the championship title for the Southwest DeKalb High School girls basketball
team is the school's third consecutive state title in Class AAAA, making the
school the first in DeKalb County to win three consecutive titles;
and
WHEREAS, the Miller Grove High School's boys basketball team's championship win was the program's second consecutive state title in Class AAAA; and
WHEREAS, the Miller Grove High School's boys basketball team's championship win was the program's second consecutive state title in Class AAAA; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of the fine state
championship athletes from DeKalb County be appropriately
recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
DeKalb County's high school basketball state championship teams on their amazing
accomplishments and incredibly successful seasons.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the boys basketball teams
of Miller Grove High School and Columbia High School and the girls basketball
teams of Southwest DeKalb High School and Columbia High School.
