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3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly 2 |
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5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HR 1112 3 |
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7 | 7 | | By: Representative A. Brown 5 |
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10 | 10 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 8 |
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11 | 11 | | TO RECOGNIZE THE WEST SIDE GREERS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL 9 |
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12 | 12 | | LADY EAGLES BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 1A 10 |
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13 | 13 | | STATE CHAMPIONS. 11 |
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17 | 17 | | TO RECOGNIZE THE WEST SIDE GREERS FERRY 15 |
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18 | 18 | | HIGH SCHOOL LADY EAGLES BASKETBALL TEAM 16 |
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19 | 19 | | AS THE 2025 CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS. 17 |
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21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, the West Side Greers Ferry Lady Eagles basketball team won the 19 |
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22 | 22 | | 2025 Class 1A state championship held on March 15, 2025, at Bank OZK Arena in 20 |
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23 | 23 | | Hot Springs; and 21 |
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25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, the Lady Eagles won the championship by defeating the Earle 23 |
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26 | 26 | | Lady Bulldogs by a score of sixty -three to forty-nine (63-49); and 24 |
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28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, this was the first Class 1A state basketball championship win 26 |
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29 | 29 | | in thirty (30) years for the Lady Eagles; and 27 |
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31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, the Lady Eagles finished the season with a record of forty -one 29 |
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32 | 32 | | wins and three losses (41 -3), ending the season with a twenty -game winning 30 |
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33 | 33 | | streak and a perfect record in Class 1A competition as their only losses were 31 |
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34 | 34 | | to Class 4A, Class 5A, and Class 6A teams; and 32 |
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36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Lady Eagles team members are seniors Addie Overturff and Mandy 34 |
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37 | 37 | | Smith, juniors Kately Cornett, Ashlyn Cossey, and Lilly Stevens, sophomores 35 |
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38 | 38 | | Shyenne Carlton, Mia Duncan, Lainee Gentry, Whitley Goodson, Ava Mason, Eden 36 HR1112 |
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41 | 41 | | Murphree, Jenah Ramsey, Mallory Smith, and Lacy Tutor, freshmen Sadie Davis, 1 |
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42 | 42 | | Hailey McClain, and Emma Murphree, and managers Cally Dodson and Macy Gentry; 2 |
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43 | 43 | | and 3 |
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45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, team member Ashlyn Cossey was named Most Valuable Player of 5 |
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46 | 46 | | the Class 1A state championship; and 6 |
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48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, team members Ashlyn Cossey, Kately Cornett, Lainee Gentry, 8 |
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49 | 49 | | Whitney Goodson, Eden Murphree, and Addie Overturff earned All -Conference 9 |
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50 | 50 | | Honors; and 10 |
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52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, team members Ashlyn Cossey, Kately Cornett, Lainee Gentry, and 12 |
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53 | 53 | | Addie Overturff earned All -State Honors; and 13 |
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55 | 55 | | WHEREAS, team members Ashlyn Cossey, Kately Cornett, and Addie 15 |
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56 | 56 | | Overturff were named to the All -State Tournament Team; and 16 |
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58 | 58 | | WHEREAS, team members Ashlyn Cossey, Kately Cornett, and Lainee Gentry 18 |
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59 | 59 | | were among the top five (5) Class 1A players named by the Arkansas Basketball 19 |
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60 | 60 | | Coaches Association; and 20 |
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62 | 62 | | WHEREAS, the Lady Eagles were led by Head Coach Keith Cornett and 22 |
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63 | 63 | | Assistant Coaches Cary Cossey, Josh Ballard, and Keith Brown; and 23 |
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65 | 65 | | WHEREAS, Coach Keith Cornett was named Class 1A Coach of the Year by 25 |
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66 | 66 | | the Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association; and 26 |
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68 | 68 | | WHEREAS, Coach Keith Cornett said of the season and the win, "I love 28 |
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69 | 69 | | these girls. They're awesome"; and 29 |
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71 | 71 | | WHEREAS, Assistant Coach Cary Cossey said of the season and the win, 31 |
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72 | 72 | | "We've talked about it, coached the girls in the summer, watched it on TV 32 |
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73 | 73 | | hoping that one day this could be us. It's a surreal moment to actually do 33 |
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74 | 74 | | it", 34 |
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76 | 76 | | NOW THEREFORE, 36 HR1112 |
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79 | 79 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 1 |
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80 | 80 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 2 |
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82 | 82 | | THAT the House of Representatives recognize the West Side Greers Ferry 4 |
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83 | 83 | | Lady Eagles basketball team as the 2025 Class 1A state champions. 5 |
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85 | 85 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 7 |
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86 | 86 | | presented to Coach Keith Cornett by the Chief Clerk of the House of 8 |
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