2017-2018 Bill 3941: Burke High School Boys Basketball Team - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 3941 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard, Mack, Whipper, Brown, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, 10 Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, 11 Bowers, Bradley, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, 12 Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, 13 Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, 16 McEachern, McKnight, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Ott, 17 Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, 18 Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, 19 Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and 20 Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17089zw17.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 7, 2017 24 Adopted by the House on March 7, 2017 25 26 Summary: Burke High School Boys Basketball Team 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/7/2017 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 93) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 3/7/2017 40 3/10/2017 41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BURKE HIGH SCHOOL 12 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL 13 OFFICIALS FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON AND TO 14 CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING THE 2017 CLASS 15 AA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 16 17 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 18 to learn that the members of the Burke High School boys 19 basketball team of Charleston County took top honors at the state 20 competition on March 4, 2017, at Colonial Life Arena in Richland 21 County; and 22 23 Whereas, to the cheers of their fans, the Bulldogs clinched their 24 second state title in three years with a final score of 5653 against 25 W. J. Keenan High School; and 26 27 Whereas, at the end of the third quarter, Burke was down to 28 Keenan, having not yet managed to pull ahead in the game. Senior 29 Sidney Robinson decided that it was time for Burke to hold the 30 lead. Having been benched for the majority of the third quarter due 31 to fouls, Sidney entered the game and scored eight points in the 32 final quarter to help propel the Bulldogs to victory. Wanting to get 33 the rally started, he quickly banked in a 3pointer to ignite a nine 34 point run; and 35 36 Whereas, the Bulldogs earned their first lead with 6:35 left on the 37 clock. Through points scored by Anthony Hill, Algernard Young, 38 Isaiah Holloway, Sidney Robinson, Delonza Simmons, Marquez 39 Watson, Peterio Brown, and Khyree Thompson, Burke secured 40 their fourth state championship in the program’s history; and 41

[3941] 2 1 Whereas, in a sport that demands agility and skill, Coach Deon 2 Richardson capitalized on his own athletic ability and training to 3 forge a championshipcaliber team and teach these athletes lessons 4 that will prove invaluable through life both on and off the court; 5 and 6 7 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 8 Representatives are grateful for the pride and recognition that the 9 young men of the Burke High School basketball team have 10 brought to their school and community and look forward to 11 hearing of their continued accomplishments in the days ahead. 12 Now, therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 15 16 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 17 by this resolution, recognize and honor the Burke High School 18 boys basketball team, coaches, and school officials for an 19 outstanding season and congratulate them for winning the 2017 20 Class AA Championship Title. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 23 Principal Anna Dassing and Coach Deon Richardson. 24 XX 25

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