Bill Text: TX HR119 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Douglass High School baseball team on winning the 2014 UIL 1A state championship.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR119-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 119 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Douglass High School baseball team reached the | ||
| pinnacle of success by winning the 2014 University Interscholastic | ||
| League 1A state championship on June 5 at the Dell Diamond in Round | ||
| Rock; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With their title-game triumph, the Indians closed | ||
| out an unforgettable year in which they lost just once while racking | ||
| up 32 victories; the Douglass players claimed the district | ||
| championship with a perfect 16-0 mark against their league foes | ||
| during the regular season and then battled their way to the state | ||
| tournament with playoff wins over Big Sandy, West Sabine, Harleton, | ||
| and Carlisle High Schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After dispatching Dawson High by a 9-0 score in the | ||
| semifinals, Douglass matched up against Flatonia with the state | ||
| title on the line; the Indians jumped out to a five-run lead through | ||
| four innings of play, and they pushed five more runs across the | ||
| plate in the bottom of the fifth to invoke the mercy rule and clinch | ||
| the 1A championship in a dominating 10-0 victory; the team's | ||
| offensive attack was paced by Kolten Rhoudes and Hunter Lee, who | ||
| each drove in three runs, while pitcher Matthew Wallace earned the | ||
| game's Most Valuable Player honor for holding Flatonia hitters to | ||
| just three hits over five shutout innings; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Rhoudes were selected for the | ||
| All-Tournament Team, and they were joined by Bryce Westbrook and | ||
| Grant Holland; excelling through teamwork, the Indians also | ||
| received valuable contributions throughout the season from the | ||
| other members of the roster: Logan Ammons, Cade James, Chase Dyson, | ||
| Clayton Sestak, Trenton Carrigan, Bryce McLeod, Taylor Schroeder, | ||
| John Sinz, Jake Spies, Brandon Stanfield, and Robert Campbell; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These dedicated players were ably guided by head | ||
| coach Eugene Lafitte and assistant coach Nick Freeman, under whose | ||
| guidance the Indians captured the school's first state championship | ||
| in any sport; moreover, the team's impressive performance during | ||
| 2014 earned national attention, as Douglass was ranked 13th in the | ||
| United States among small high schools in a poll conducted by | ||
| MaxPreps; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Winning a state championship represents the | ||
| culmination of countless hours of hard work and an unwavering | ||
| commitment to excellence, and the talented student-athletes of the | ||
| Indians baseball team may indeed reflect with pride on their | ||
| remarkable accomplishment; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Douglass High School baseball | ||
| team on winning the 2014 UIL 1A state championship and extend to the | ||
| team's players, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Clardy | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 119 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
