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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 SR 51 3
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By: Senator K. Hammer 5
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8
TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS BOYS' 9
BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. 10
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TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL 14
PANTHERS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 15
CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. 16
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WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panthers boys' basketball team won the 18
Class 5A state championship held at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 19
on March 14, 2025; and 20
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WHEREAS, this was the Panthers' first state championship win in 22
basketball; and 23
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WHEREAS, the Panthers beat rival Maumelle by a score of fifty -eight 25
(58) to fifty-seven (57) points; and 26
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WHEREAS, a successful layup with fewer than four (4) seconds remaining 28
by team member Terrion Burgess clinched the state championship victory for 29
the Panthers; and 30
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WHEREAS, the Panthers' overall season record was thirty -one wins and 32
three losses (31-3); and 33
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WHEREAS, the Panthers are also back -to-back Class 5A South Conference 35
champions; and 36 SR51
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WHEREAS, the Panthers' conference record for the last two (2) years was 2
thirty-two wins and zero losses (32 -0); and 3
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WHEREAS, during the 2024 -2025 conference season, the Panthers outscored 5
their opponents by one thousand one hundred ninety (1,190) points to six 6
hundred thirty (630) points, and averaged a thirty -five-point win in each 7
game; and 8
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WHEREAS, the Panthers set school records for most wins with twenty -nine 10
(29) wins during the 2023 -2024 season and thirty (30) wins during the 2024 -11
2025 season; and 12
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WHEREAS, the 2024-2025 team members for the Panthers are Peyton 14
Bolding, Terrion Burgess, Carson Douglas, Pratt Fulks, A.D. Gray, Michael 15
Hendrix, Jack Hope, Chris Johnson, Xavier Jones, Caleb Knight, Jeremiah Lea, 16
Harrison Pickett, Javarious Russell, Elem Shelby, Braden Smith, Anthony 17
Spratt, Jr., and D.J. Trotter, and team managers are Henk Geimer and Will 18
Sams; and 19
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WHEREAS, team member Terrion Burgess earned All -State Honors and was 21
named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament; and 22
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WHEREAS, team member Harrison Pickett earned All -State Honors and was 24
named to the All-State Tournament Team, and he signed a Division 1 25
scholarship with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, making him one (1) 26
of only a few students in school history to have signed with a Division 1 27
university; and 28
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WHEREAS, team member Anthony Spratt, Jr., earned All -State Honors, and 30
is the first freshman in school history to do so; and 31
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WHEREAS, team member Elem Shelby earned All -Conference Honors and was 33
named to the All-State Tournament Team; and 34
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WHEREAS, team members Javarious Russell, Caleb Knight, and A.D. Gray 36 SR51
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all earned All-Conference Honors; and 1
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WHEREAS, the Panthers were led by Head Coach Dexter Hendrix and 3
Assistant Coaches Tyler Gattin, Terry Burgess, Kendrick Smith, and Luke 4
Flowers; and 5
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WHEREAS, Head Coach Dexter Hendrix was honored as the Class 5A South 7
Conference Coach of the Year during both the 2023 -2024 and 2024-2025 seasons; 8
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WHEREAS, Head Coach Dexter Hendrix said of the win and the season, 11
"This season was truly remarkable. This team set a new school record for the 12
most wins in a single season, achieving an impressive thirty -one victories. 13
They also secured back -to-back conference championships, extending their 14
conference winning streak to thirty -two games. Their resilience and 15
determination throughout the year were exceptional, and I couldn't be prouder 16
of the way they concluded the season. This team will forever be etched in the 17
history of Benton High School as the first to win a state championship", 18
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NOW THEREFORE, 20
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 21
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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THAT the Senate recognize the Benton High School Panthers boys' 24
basketball team as the Class 5A state champions. 25
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 27
presented to Head Coach Dexter Hendrix by the Secretary of the Senate. 28
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