2009-2010 Bill 3849: Sumter Dixie Boys Baseball Team - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 H. 3849 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Weeks, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Brantley, 11 G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Cato, Chalk, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Cooper, 12 Crawford, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Duncan, Edge, Erickson, Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, 13 Gilliard, Govan, Gullick, Gunn, Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, Harvin, Hayes, 14 Hearn, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Hutto, Jefferson, Jennings, Kelly, 15 Kennedy, King, Kirsh, Knight, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McEachern, 16 McLeod, Merrill, Miller, Millwood, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, 17 Owens, Parker, Parks, Pinson, E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Rice, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scott, Sellers, Simrill, 18 Skelton, D.C. Smith, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, 19 Stewart, Stringer, Thompson, Toole, Umphlett, Vick, Viers, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, 20 Wylie, A.D. Young and T.R. Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11420ac09.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 3850 23 24 Introduced in the House on April 1, 2009 25 Adopted by the House on April 1, 2009 26 27 Summary: Sumter Dixie Boys Baseball Team 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 4/1/2009 House Introduced and adopted HJ98 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 4/1/2009 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE SUMTER DIXIE 12 BOYS BASEBALL TEAM FOR ITS IMPRESSIVE WIN OF 13 THE 2008 DIXIE BOYS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP 14 TITLE, SUMTER’S SECOND CONSECUTIVE WORLD 15 SERIES TITLE AND DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL’S FIRST 16 BACK-TO-BACK TITLE VICTORIES, AND TO HONOR THE 17 PLAYERS, COACHES, AND STAFF ON AN OUTSTANDING 18 SEASON. 19 20 Whereas, baseball is a game of speed, power, precision, and 21 agility, but to excel in baseball, a team must combine these talents 22 with teamwork and good sportsmanship; and 23 24 Whereas, Coach Pat Buckner, Coach Dean Graham, and the 25 players of the Sumter Dixie Boys baseball team captured the 2008 26 Dixie Boys World Series Championship title by convincingly 27 uniting all these attributes in one unstoppable team, defeating 28 Spring Hill, Florida, in the title game; and 29 30 Whereas, backed by a history of fine baseball, the Sumter AllStars 31 traveled to the August 2008 playoffs in Covington, Georgia. 32 Though they suffered a loss in their first game of the tournament, 33 the team persevered and powerhoused their way to the top by 34 crushing Mississippi 16-6, Virginia 9-5, North Carolina 11-1, and 35 Louisiana 7-3; and 36 37 Whereas, this incredible comeback made the 12-5 victory against 38 Florida even sweeter, and this championship, Sumter’s second 39 consecutive World Series title, also made Dixie Youth Baseball 40 history with Sumter being the only team to win two World Series 41 titles back-to-back; and 42

[3849] 2 1 Whereas, this same team of fourteenyearolds won the Dixie Junior 2 Boys World Series Championship title in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 3 as thirteenyearolds in 2007; and 4 5 Whereas, it is with great pleasure that the South Carolina House of 6 Representatives pauses to recognize the accomplishments and 7 dedication of these fine athletes and their coaches and to 8 congratulate them on their success. 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 commend the Sumter Dixie Boys 14 baseball team for its impressive win of the 2008 Dixie Boys World 15 Series Championship title, Sumter’s second consecutive World 16 Series title and Dixie Youth Baseball’s first back-to-back title 17 victories, and honor the players, coaches, and staff on an 18 outstanding season. 19 20 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 21 Coach Pat Buckner and Coach Dean Graham. 22 XX 23

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