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State of Arkansas 1
94th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2023 SR 43 3
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By: Senator K. Hammer 5
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SENATE RESOLUTION 7
TO RECOGNIZE THE BEN TON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER GIRLS 8
VOLLEYBALL, THE BENT ON HIGH SCHOOL PANTH ER BOYS GOLF 9
TEAM, AND THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER CHEERLEADING 10
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TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL 15
PANTHER GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, THE BENTON HIGH 16
SCHOOL PANTHER BOYS GOLF TEAM, AND THE 17
BENTON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER CHEERLEADING 18
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WHEREAS, on October 29, 2022, the Benton High School Panther Girls 21
Volleyball Team won the 2022 Class 5A State Volleyball Championship in Hot 22
Springs, Arkansas; and 23
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panther Girls Volleyball Team were the 25
2022 5A Conference Champions, had a conference record of 14 -0, and won the 26
Little Rock Christian Invitational and the Fort Smith Invitational; and 27
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WHEREAS, Abigail Lagemann was named the Most Valuable Player of the 29
Volleyball State Championship and named to the All -State Team and Henley 30
Hooks, Kenzie Garrett, and Khenedi Guest were named to the All -State Team; 31
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panther Girls Volleyball Team is 34
coached by Head Coach Michelle Shoppa ch and the assistant coaches are Heidi 35
Cox, Brooke White, and Suzanne Reggins; and 36 SR43
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WHEREAS, Head Coach Shoppach stated “This team had a swagger about 2
them, they did not get flustered. They were able to handle adversity and 3
rally together to slay their op ponents. The chaos we created in practice made 4
it easy to handle game situations. Their motto was FTP, Feed -the-Panther.”; 5
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panther Girls Volleyball Team includes 8
Gracie Aldebot, Emmaline Armstrong, Karlee Backus, Elle Bolding, Addie Burns, 9
Aubrey Chrestman, Delaney Cooper, Hannah Edington, Ellie Ferguson, Kam Flynn, 10
Kenzie Garrett, Khenedi Guest, Anna Grace Hardy, Evie Hendrix, Henley Hooks, 11
Drew Hudspeth, Abigail Lagemann, Olivia Little, Lexi Mahan, Presley Pallette, 12
Addy-Mae Seagraves, Parker Sollars, and Parker Stearns; and 13
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WHEREAS, on October 4, 2022, the Benton High School Panther Boys Golf 15
Team won the Class 5A Boys State Golf Championship in Benton, Arkansas; and 16
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panther Boys Go lf Team won the state 18
championship with a score of two hundred ninety -eight (298) points and won 19
the conference championship with a score of three hundred one (301); and 20
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WHEREAS, Paxton Lane was a winner of the overall championship and was 22
named to the All-State and All-Conference Teams; and 23
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WHEREAS, Eli Cowden, Elias Payne, and Mason McDaniel, were named to the 25
All-Conference Team and Elias Payne, Maddox Davis, and Mason McDaniel, were 26
named to the All-State Team; and 27
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WHEREAS, the Head Coach for the Benton High School Panthers Boys Golf 29
Team is Mark Balisterri; and 30
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panther Boys Golf Team includes Eli 32
Cowden, Whit Warford, Dominic Miceli, Mason McDaniel, Maddox Davis, Elias 33
Payne, Gavyn Benson, J. Thomas Pepper, Paxto n Lane, Joe Duke, Grant Warford, 34
and Cameron Barton; and 35
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panthers Cheerleading Team won the 2022 1
Class 5A State Cheerleading Championship; and 2
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WHEREAS, with this win, the Benton High School Panthers Cheerleading 4
Team repeated as Class 5A State Cheerleading Champions and placed second in 5
the 2022 State Cheerleading Championships; and 6
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panthers Cheerleading Team placed 6th 8
out of twenty-nine (29) teams in the Medium Division II at the Unive rsal 9
Cheerleading Association National High School Cheerleading Championship; and 10
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WHEREAS, the members of the Benton High School Panthers Cheerleading 12
Team are not only outstanding athletes, but also gave back to their community 13
and the team has a combined total of over two hundred (200) hours of 14
community service; and 15
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panthers Cheerleading Team is coached 17
by Head Coach Jaime Bunting and the assistant coach is Colton Watson; and 18
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Pa nthers Cheerleading Team includes 20
Addie Harding, Anna Grace Hardy, Abby Harrison, Cadence Clement, Kade 21
Robbins, Lily Tindall, Maggie Armstrong, Maggie Bacon, Taylor Doggett, Zoey 22
Hawkins, Lizzie Bacon, Macy White, Addison Golden, Claire Cornwell, Lily 23
Cavaneau, Preslee Hambric, Sailor Holland, Will Tudor, Allie Stoll, Macy 24
Sparks, Amy Anthony, Brooklynn Bailey, Callia Givens, Emily Richardson, Faith 25
Dougherty, Hannah Still, and Madyson Bright, 26
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NOW THEREFORE, 28
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 29
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 30
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THAT the Senate recognize the Benton High School Panther Girls 32
Volleyball Team, the Benton High School Panther Boys Golf Team, and the 33
Benton High School Panther Cheerleading Team for winning their respectiv e 34
Class 5A State Championships. 35
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution shall be 1
provided to Benton High School Principal Curt Barger by the Secretary of the 2
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