2013-2014 Bill 4103: Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Varsity Lacrosse Team - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 4103 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Smith, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, K.R. Crawford, 12 Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, 13 Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, 14 Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Kennedy, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, 16 M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, 17 Neal, Newton, Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, 18 Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, 19 G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, 20 Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29730ac13.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4102 23 24 Introduced in the House on May 14, 2013 25 Adopted by the House on May 14, 2013 26 27 Summary: Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Varsity Lacrosse Team 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 5/14/2013 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 7) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 5/14/2013 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE HEATHWOOD HALL 12 EPISCOPAL SCHOOL VARSITY LACROSSE TEAM, 13 COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN 14 OUTSTANDING SEASON, AND TO CONGRATULATE 15 THEM FOR WINNING THE 2013 SOUTH CAROLINA 16 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION STATE 17 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 18 19 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 20 to learn that the members of the Heathwood Hall lacrosse team of 21 Richland County took top honors at the South Carolina 22 Independent School Association (SCISA) state competition against 23 Hammond Academy; and 24 25 Whereas, in an unforgettable, nailbiting, suddendeath overtime 26 period in the state championship game, the Heathwood Hall 27 Highlanders wrested the championship trophy from the talons of 28 the Hammond Skyhawks; and 29 30 Whereas, both teams squared off in aggressive play, and at 31 halftime Hammond held the lead 86; and 32 33 Whereas, the Highlanders opened the second half with back to 34 back goals, three minutes apart, tying the score 88, after a 35 twentyminute dry spell, the Skyhawks regained the lead, 98; and 36 37 Whereas, with less than a minute remaining Highlander Weston 38 Hardee drove the crease, and forced the game into overtime; and 39 twentyfive seconds into the extended period, he found the back of 40 the net for the gamewinning goal, his sixth score of the game; and 41

[4103] 2 1 Whereas, with the 2013 victory, Heathwood garnered its firstever 2 SCISA lacrosse state championship, finishing the season 50 in 3 SCISA and 93 overall; and 4 5 Whereas, in a sport that demands quickness and agility, strategy 6 and strength, Head Coach Patrick Fitzgerald and his skilled 7 coaching staff capitalized on their own athletic ability and training 8 to hone a championship team and teach these athletes lessons that 9 will prove invaluable through life both on and off the field; and 10 11 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 12 Representatives appreciate the pride and recognition that the 13 Heathwood Hall lacrosse players have brought to their school and 14 the community and look to hear of their continued 15 accomplishments. Now, therefore, 16 17 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 18 19 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 20 by this resolution, recognize and honor the Heathwood Hall 21 Episcopal School varsity lacrosse team, coaches, and school 22 officials for an outstanding season, and congratulate them for 23 capturing the 2013 South Carolina Independent School 24 Association State Championship title. 25 26 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 27 Head of School Michael Heath and Coach Patrick Fitzgerald. 28 XX 29

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