Bill Text: TX HR1943 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Gruver High School girls' basketball team on advancing to the 2023 UIL 2A state championship game.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1943 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1943-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1943 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The defending champion Gruver High School girls' | ||
| basketball team continued its exceptional performance during the | ||
| 2022-2023 season, once again advancing all the way to the | ||
| University Interscholastic League 2A state title game; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After closing out the regular season with an 11-game | ||
| winning streak and claiming the district crown, the Lady Hounds | ||
| carried their momentum into the playoffs, besting Wheeler, | ||
| Floydada, Farwell, and New Home High Schools to reach the regional | ||
| final; there, with 14 seconds remaining, Gruver made a tip-in off a | ||
| missed three-point shot to defeat Panhandle High School 38-36, | ||
| punching the team's ticket to the state tournament for the fifth | ||
| time in school history; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On March 3, Gruver met Hearne High School in the 2A | ||
| semifinals at the San Antonio Alamodome; the Lady Hounds scored 18 | ||
| points off of turnovers and sank 15 free throws to triumph 45-32, | ||
| earning a berth in the state final for the third time in the past | ||
| four years; in the title contest, the Gruver players gave their all | ||
| in a closely contested showdown with Lipan High School; though the | ||
| Lady Hounds finished as the 2A runner-up, their season-long | ||
| achievements burnished the team's proud tradition of success that | ||
| includes state championship victories in both 2020 and 2022; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Gruver was paced at state by 2A All-Tournament | ||
| selections Allie Sparks and Kimber Whitehead; the Lady Hounds also | ||
| received valuable contributions throughout the year from the other | ||
| members of the roster: Giselle Miranda, Alexa Quintana, Makenlei | ||
| Vasquez, Brenna Butler, Brooklyn Vasquez, Jaylee Lane, Maizie Kelp, | ||
| Kinley Callaway, Erin Merkel, and Hannon Lankford; these determined | ||
| student-athletes were ably guided by head coach Trent Lankford and | ||
| assistant coaches Jill Butler, Valerie Merkel, Steven Livingston, | ||
| and Scotty Hintergardt; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With their exceptional skill and unwavering | ||
| commitment to excellence, the Gruver Lady Hounds have earned a | ||
| place among the top high school basketball teams in Texas, and they | ||
| are a source of tremendous pride to their classmates and their many | ||
| supporters in the local community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Gruver High School girls' | ||
| basketball team on advancing to the 2023 UIL 2A state championship | ||
| game and extend to the 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 Lady Hounds as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Price | ||
| King of Hemphill | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1943 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
