Bill Text: VA HR398 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the James Madison High School baseball team.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-08 - Bill text as passed House (HR398ER) [HR398 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HR398-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, the James Madison High School baseball team won the Virginia High School League Class 6 state championship in June 2023; and
WHEREAS, the James Madison High School Warhawks defeated the Westfield High School Bulldogs by a score of 5–4 in the state final, which was the fifth time the Concorde District rivals had met during the season; and
WHEREAS, the James Madison Warhawks took a 4–0 lead in the third inning, but the Westfield Bulldogs rallied to tie the game; the stalemate held until the top of the seventh inning when Eli Novario hit a game-winning line-drive single to left field; and
WHEREAS, the James Madison Warhawks' most recent state title was the program's sixth overall and the fourth under current head coach Mark Gjormand, who notched his 481st career win in the state championship; and
WHEREAS, the victorious season is a tribute to the skill and hard work of all the student-athletes, the leadership and guidance of the coaches and staff, and the enthusiastic support of the entire James Madison High School community; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the James Madison High School baseball team hereby be commended on winning the Virginia High School League Class 6 state championship in 2023; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the James Madison High School baseball team as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the team's achievements and best wishes for the future.
