2013-2014 Bill 3739: Irmo High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 3739 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, Ballentine, Quinn, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, 12 Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, 13 Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, Kennedy, King, 15 Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, 16 W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, 17 Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, 18 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, 19 J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, 20 Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29622cm13.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 5, 2013 24 Adopted by the House on March 5, 2013 25 26 Summary: Irmo High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/5/2013 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 6) 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 3/5/2013 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE IRMO HIGH SCHOOL 12 BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND 13 SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON, 14 AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR GARNERING THE 15 2013 CLASS AAAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 16 17 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 18 to learn that the members of the Irmo High School boys varsity 19 basketball team of Lexington County took top honors at the state 20 competition on March 1, 2013, at the Colonial Life Arena in 21 Columbia; and 22 23 Whereas, to the wild cheers of their fans, the Irmo Yellow Jackets 24 led by no fewer than 12 points the entire game as they bested the 25 Goose Creek High School Gators in the championship game; and 26 27 Whereas, Yellow Jacket senior Justin McKie led his team in 28 scoring with 20 points and posted 10 rebounds while teammate and 29 classmate Detrek Browning contributed 16 points in the 6546 30 championship win, the team’s second in only three years; and 31 32 Whereas, in a sport that demands speed, agility, and strength, Head 33 Coach Tim Whipple and his skilled coaching staff capitalized on 34 their own athletic ability and training to mold a championship team 35 and teach these athletes lessons that will provide guidance for them 36 throughout their lives; and 37 38 Whereas, with more than six hundred career wins, Coach Whipple 39 recorded his fifth state championship in the thirtytwo years he has 40 coached the Yellow Jackets and his first perfect record. His best 41 season heretofore was when B. J. McKie led the team in 1995 with 42 a 281 record, and this year the son of that team standout, Justin

[3739] 2 1 McKie, led the Yellow Jackets to their only undefeated season in 2 team’s history; and 3 4 Whereas, the respect and credit that the Irmo basketball players 5 have brought to their school and their community gratifies the 6 members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and they 7 look to hear of the continued accomplishments of these fine 8 athletes in the days ahead. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 11 12 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 13 by this resolution, recognize and honor the Irmo High School boys 14 varsity basketball team, coaches, and school officials for an 15 outstanding season, and congratulate them for winning the 2013 16 Class AAAA State Championship title. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 19 Interim Principal Creig Tyler and Coach Tim Whipple. 20 XX 21

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