2011-2012 Bill 3938: Wade Hampton High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 3938 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Hamilton, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, 11 Brannon, Brantley, G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, Clemmons, 12 Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Cooper, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, 13 Erickson, Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, 14 Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McLeod, 16 Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, 17 Norman, Ott, Owens, Parker, Parks, Patrick, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Quinn, Rutherford, Ryan, Sabb, 18 Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Spires, 19 Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Tribble, Umphlett, Vick, Viers, Weeks, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24721sd11.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 711, 3937 23 24 Introduced in the House on March 16, 2011 25 Adopted by the House on March 16, 2011 26 27 Summary: Wade Hampton High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 3/16/2011 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 3) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 3/16/2011 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE WADE HAMPTON HIGH 12 SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM FOR A 13 PERFECT SEASON, AND TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM 14 AND COACHES FOR WINNING THE 2011 CLASS AAA 15 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives of the 18 State of South Carolina are pleased to learn that the Wade 19 Hampton boys basketball team took the 2011 Class AAA State 20 Championship title on March 5, 2011; and 21 22 Whereas, to the delight of their fans and the disappointment of 23 their opponents, the Wade Hampton Generals ended a 290 perfect 24 season with a 7968 victory over Darlington High School for the 25 state trophy and dominated every quarter of the game both 26 offensively and defensively; and 27 28 Whereas, at the beginning of the season, even the most ardent 29 General fans never expected that this team would produce the first 30 undefeated basketball season in the schools’ history and the team’s 31 first state championship victory since 1971; and 32 33 Whereas, leading by nearly twenty points in the second quarter, 34 Wade Hampton pressed their opponents, rebounded and played 35 offense and defense with such power that they never trailed the 36 Darlington Falcons the entire game; and 37 38 Whereas, junior Brian Steele, who averages fourteen points and six 39 rebounds per game, exploded in the title game with thirty points 40 and fifteen rebounds; and 41

[3938] 2 1 Whereas, Coach Darryl Nance and his fine coaching staff honed a 2 championship machine through demanding practices filled with 3 relentless drills and set a standard for excellence that will prove 4 invaluable to these athletes both on and off the court; and 5 6 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 7 Representatives are grateful for the pride and recognition that the 8 Generals of the Wade Hampton basketball team have brought to 9 their school and their community with their accomplishments this 10 year and look to hear of their success in the future. Now, 11 therefore, 12 13 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 14 15 That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of 16 South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor the Wade 17 Hampton High School boys varsity basketball team for a perfect 18 season, and congratulate the team and coaches for winning the 19 2011 Class AAA State Championship title. 20 21 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 22 Principal Lance Radford and Coach Darryl Nance. 23 XX 24

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