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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 SR 52 3 |
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7 | 7 | | By: Senator K. Hammer 5 |
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10 | 10 | | SENATE RESOLUTION 8 |
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11 | 11 | | TO RECOGNIZE THE BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL HORNETS BOYS' 9 |
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12 | 12 | | BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONS. 10 |
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15 | 15 | | Subtitle 13 |
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16 | 16 | | TO RECOGNIZE THE BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL 14 |
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17 | 17 | | HORNETS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 15 |
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18 | 18 | | CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONS. 16 |
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20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, the Bryant High School Hornets boys' basketball team won the 18 |
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21 | 21 | | Class 6A state championship held March 15, 2025, at Bank OZK Arena in Hot 19 |
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22 | 22 | | Springs; and 20 |
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24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, this was the first state championship win for the Hornets 22 |
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25 | 25 | | since 1981; and 23 |
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27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Hornets team members are seniors Jay Frost, R.J. Newton, and 25 |
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28 | 28 | | Kellen Robinson, juniors Camarion Bead, Tim Johnson, Spencer Ruff, Caleb 26 |
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29 | 29 | | Tucker, R.J. Young, and Ryan Young, sophomores Terrance Cochran, Nate 27 |
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30 | 30 | | Garrigus, Desmin Hall, Ian James, and Jordan Warren, freshman Mason 28 |
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31 | 31 | | Abrahamson, and team managers Alex Purifoy and Paxon Abrahamson; and 29 |
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33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, senior guard Kellen Robinson scored twenty -five (25) points in 31 |
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34 | 34 | | the state championship game, nudging the Hornets to sixty -nine (69) points in 32 |
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35 | 35 | | the victory over the Springdale High School Bulldogs, who earned fifty -nine 33 |
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36 | 36 | | (59) points; and 34 |
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38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, senior guard Kellen Robinson earned Class 6A All -State Honors 36 SR52 |
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41 | 41 | | and All-Conference Honors, was named to the All -State Tournament Team, and 1 |
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42 | 42 | | was named the Class 6A Most Valuable Player; and 2 |
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44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, senior guard Kellen Robinson is the third -best 2025 Arkansas 4 |
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45 | 45 | | prospect per 247Sports and has committed to the University of Arkansas at 5 |
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46 | 46 | | Little Rock Trojans for the 2025 -2026 season; and 6 |
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48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, junior guard R.J. Young earned Class 6A All -State Honors and 8 |
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49 | 49 | | Central All-Conference Honors and was named to the Class 6A Central All -9 |
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50 | 50 | | Defensive Team and All -State Tournament Team; and 10 |
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52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, junior guard Camarion Bead earned Class 6A All -State Honors 12 |
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53 | 53 | | and was named to the Class 6A Central All -Conference Team and All -Defensive 13 |
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54 | 54 | | Team; and 14 |
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56 | 56 | | WHEREAS, senior guard R.J. Newton was named to the Class 6A Central 16 |
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57 | 57 | | All-Conference Team; and 17 |
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59 | 59 | | WHEREAS, the Hornets were led by Head Coach Michael Abrahamson, 19 |
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60 | 60 | | Assistant Coach Kelvin Parker, Athletic Director Kirk Bock, Principal Jason 20 |
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61 | 61 | | Hay, and Athletic Trainer Christa Finney; and 21 |
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63 | 63 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Michael Abrahamson said of the win and the season, 23 |
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64 | 64 | | "This was a season of resilience. We played a schedule featuring teams from 24 |
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65 | 65 | | seven different states. We faced many types of adversity. We altered our 25 |
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66 | 66 | | playing style and stuck together. In the end, we put a product to be proud of 26 |
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67 | 67 | | on the floor and won a championship with toughness and grit. This team won 27 |
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68 | 68 | | their last ten games of the season, all by double digits", 28 |
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70 | 70 | | NOW THEREFORE, 30 |
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71 | 71 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 31 |
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72 | 72 | | STATE OF ARKANSAS: 32 |
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74 | 74 | | THAT the Senate recognize the Bryant High School Hornets boys' 34 |
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75 | 75 | | basketball team as the Class 6A state champions. 35 |
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79 | 79 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 1 |
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80 | 80 | | presented to Head Coach Michael Abrahamson by the Secretary of the Senate. 2 |
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