1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 4289 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Brannon, 11 Brantley, G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, 12 CobbHunter, Cole, Cooper, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Erickson, 13 Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, 14 Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, 16 McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, 17 Neilson, 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\24845htc11.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 918 23 24 Introduced in the House on May 26, 2011 25 Adopted by the House on May 26, 2011 26 27 Summary: Abbeville High School Softball Team 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 5/26/2011 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 54) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 5/26/2011 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE ABBEVILLE HIGH 12 SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING 13 SEASON, AND TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM AND 14 COACHES FOR GARNERING THE 2011 CLASS A STATE 15 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 Abbeville 19 High School softball team took top honors at the 2011 State 20 Championship series on Saturday, May 21, 2011; and 21 22 Whereas, to the delight of their fans and the disappointment of 23 their opponents, the Abbeville Lady Panthers defeated the Lake 24 View High School Wild Gators 62 in the third game of the series 25 and became the first girls team in the school’s history to win a 26 state title; and 27 28 Whereas, prior to the final game, each team had taken a single 10 29 victory in the first two games of the series, making the third game 30 a doordie contest for both teams; and 31 32 Whereas, Lady Panther Gennifer Durham took the mound in the 33 last game and pitched a complete game while teammate Jordan 34 Ashley hit two home runs of the six total runs scored by her team; 35 and 36 37 Whereas, through relentless practices and demanding drills, the 38 Lady Panthers were undefeated in their region, taking the Region 1 39 championship on May 13, 2011, and finishing their year with a 40 263 overall record; and 41

[4289] 2 1 Whereas, in a sport that requires skill, strength, and strategy, Head 2 Coach Tim Collins and his fine coaching staff used their own 3 athletic ability and training to forge a championship team, teaching 4 lessons that will prove invaluable to these fine athletes throughout 5 life both on and off the diamond; and 6 7 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 8 Representatives are grateful for the pride and recognition that the 9 Abbeville High School softball players have brought to their 10 school and to their community through this achievement and 11 expect to hear of their future accomplishments. Now, 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 17 Abbeville High School softball team for an outstanding season, 18 and congratulate the team and coaches for garnering the 2011 19 Class A State Championship title. 20 21 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 22 Principal Dr. Steve Glenn and Coach Tim Collins. 23 XX 24

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