Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 SR 51 3
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7	7	By: Senator K. Hammer 5
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10	10	SENATE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS BOYS' 9
12	12	BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. 10
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15	15	Subtitle 13
16	16	TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL 14
17	17	PANTHERS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 15
18	18	CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. 16
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20	20	WHEREAS, the Benton High School Panthers boys' basketball team won the 18
21	21	Class 5A state championship held at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 19
22	22	on March 14, 2025; and 20
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24	24	WHEREAS, this was the Panthers' first state championship win in 22
25	25	basketball; and 23
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27	27	WHEREAS, the Panthers beat rival Maumelle by a score of fifty -eight 25
28	28	(58) to fifty-seven (57) points; and 26
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30	30	WHEREAS, a successful layup with fewer than four (4) seconds remaining 28
31	31	by team member Terrion Burgess clinched the state championship victory for 29
32	32	the Panthers; and 30
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34	34	WHEREAS, the Panthers' overall season record was thirty -one wins and 32
35	35	three losses (31-3); and 33
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37	37	WHEREAS, the Panthers are also back -to-back Class 5A South Conference 35
38	38	champions; and 36 SR51
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42	42	WHEREAS, the Panthers' conference record for the last two (2) years was 2
43	43	thirty-two wins and zero losses (32 -0); and 3
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45	45	WHEREAS, during the 2024 -2025 conference season, the Panthers outscored 5
46	46	their opponents by one thousand one hundred ninety (1,190) points to six 6
47	47	hundred thirty (630) points, and averaged a thirty -five-point win in each 7
48	48	game; and 8
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50	50	WHEREAS, the Panthers set school records for most wins with twenty -nine 10
51	51	(29) wins during the 2023 -2024 season and thirty (30) wins during the 2024 -11
52	52	2025 season; and 12
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54	54	WHEREAS, the 2024-2025 team members for the Panthers are Peyton 14
55	55	Bolding, Terrion Burgess, Carson Douglas, Pratt Fulks, A.D. Gray, Michael 15
56	56	Hendrix, Jack Hope, Chris Johnson, Xavier Jones, Caleb Knight, Jeremiah Lea, 16
57	57	Harrison Pickett, Javarious Russell, Elem Shelby, Braden Smith, Anthony 17
58	58	Spratt, Jr., and D.J. Trotter, and team managers are Henk Geimer and Will 18
59	59	Sams; and 19
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61	61	WHEREAS, team member Terrion Burgess earned All -State Honors and was 21
62	62	named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament; and 22
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64	64	WHEREAS, team member Harrison Pickett earned All -State Honors and was 24
65	65	named to the All-State Tournament Team, and he signed a Division 1 25
66	66	scholarship with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, making him one (1) 26
67	67	of only a few students in school history to have signed with a Division 1 27
68	68	university; and 28
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70	70	WHEREAS, team member Anthony Spratt, Jr., earned All -State Honors, and 30
71	71	is the first freshman in school history to do so; and 31
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73	73	WHEREAS, team member Elem Shelby earned All -Conference Honors and was 33
74	74	named to the All-State Tournament Team; and 34
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76	76	WHEREAS, team members Javarious Russell, Caleb Knight, and A.D. Gray 36 SR51
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79	79	all earned All-Conference Honors; and 1
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81	81	WHEREAS, the Panthers were led by Head Coach Dexter Hendrix and 3
82	82	Assistant Coaches Tyler Gattin, Terry Burgess, Kendrick Smith, and Luke 4
83	83	Flowers; and 5
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85	85	WHEREAS, Head Coach Dexter Hendrix was honored as the Class 5A South 7
86	86	Conference Coach of the Year during both the 2023 -2024 and 2024-2025 seasons; 8
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89	89	WHEREAS, Head Coach Dexter Hendrix said of the win and the season, 11
90	90	"This season was truly remarkable. This team set a new school record for the 12
91	91	most wins in a single season, achieving an impressive thirty -one victories. 13
92	92	They also secured back -to-back conference championships, extending their 14
93	93	conference winning streak to thirty -two games. Their resilience and 15
94	94	determination throughout the year were exceptional, and I couldn't be prouder 16
95	95	of the way they concluded the season. This team will forever be etched in the 17
96	96	history of Benton High School as the first to win a state championship", 18
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98	98	NOW THEREFORE, 20
99	99	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 21
100	100	STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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102	102	THAT the Senate recognize the Benton High School Panthers boys' 24
103	103	basketball team as the Class 5A state champions. 25
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105	105	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 27
106	106	presented to Head Coach Dexter Hendrix by the Secretary of the Senate. 28
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