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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 SR 55 3
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By: Senator Crowell 5
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8
TO RECOGNIZE THE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL TIGERS BASEBALL 9
TEAM AS THE 2024 CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS. 10
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TO RECOGNIZE THE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL 14
TIGERS BASEBALL TEAM AS THE 2024 CLASS 15
1A STATE CHAMPIONS. 16
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WHEREAS, the Taylor High School Tigers baseball team won the 2024 Class 18
1A state championship held on May 16, 2024, at Bear Stadium at the University 19
of Central Arkansas in Conway; and 20
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WHEREAS, this was the third straight Class 1A state championship win 22
for the Tigers and the eighth such win in school history, moving the Tigers 23
into a tie with the Sylvan Hills High School Bears for the fourth most 24
baseball championships in the State of Arkansas; and 25
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WHEREAS, the Tigers won the championship game by besting the West Side 27
Greers Ferry Eagles by a score of ten points to two points (10 -2); and 28
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WHEREAS, the Tigers finished the 2023 -2024 season with a seventeen-game 30
winning streak and an overall record of twenty -three wins and four losses 31
(23-4); and 32
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WHEREAS, Tigers team members are Abram Andrews, Cannon Fowler, Wade 34
Barton, Carson Franks, Ryder Tate, Jessie Umphries, Ben Fantini, Jasper 35
Jones, Jacob Vandenberg, Cason Anders, Tuff Turnage, Kaleb Downs, Tucker 36 SR55
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Smith, Haydn Warrick, Aiden Hosley, Evin West, Max Montgomery, Landon Adams, 1
Titus Herman, Bayli Bramlett, Aiden Watson, and Ryder Millsap as well as team 2
manager Lucas Saunders and bat boy Silas Smith; and 3
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WHEREAS, team member Jessie Umphries was named to the All -State 5
Tournament Team; and 6
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WHEREAS, team members Jessie Umphries, Aiden Hosley, and Jacob 8
Vandenberg earned All -Region Honors; and 9
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WHEREAS, team members Jessie Umphries, Aiden Hosley, Kaleb Downs, and 11
Jacob Vandenberg earned All -Conference Honors; and 12
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WHEREAS, the Tigers were led by Head Coach Brian Fowler and Assistant 14
Coaches Scott Smith and Hayden Lindsey; and 15
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WHEREAS, 2023-2024 team member Waylon Woodell was named to the All -17
State Tournament Team and the All -Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Second Team, 18
earned All-State Honors, All-Conference Honors, and All -Region Honors, and 19
was named a Natural State Sports Second Team Infielder, an Arkansas 20
Activities Association All -Star Game Selection, and a Fellowship of Christian 21
Athletes All-Star Game Selection; and 22
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WHEREAS, 2023-2024 team member Mason Lindsey earned All -State Honors 24
and All-Conference Honors and was named the Class 1A Arkansas PBS Scholar 25
Athlete, an Arkansas Activities Association All -Star Game Selection, and a 26
Fellowship of Christian Athletes All -Star Game Selection; and 27
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WHEREAS, 2023-2024 team member Austin Aycock was named the state 29
championship tournament Most Valuable Player and earned All -Conference 30
Honors; and 31
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WHEREAS, Head Coach Brian Fowler said of the season and the win, "Most 33
high school players and coaches go their entire careers without getting close 34
to playing in a state championship game, much less winning one. Winning a 35
state championship is the ultimate team goal in high school athletics, so for 36 SR55
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our players to be able to three -peat is truly remarkable. When you add in the 1
fact that our last two teams have been able to play well under the outside 2
pressure of being ranked number one in the state for the entire spring shows 3
how mentally tough that our guys are", 4
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NOW THEREFORE, 6
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 7
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 8
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THAT the Senate recognize the Taylor High School Tigers baseball team 10
as the 2024 Class 1A state champions. 11
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 13
presented to Head Coach Brian Fowler by the Secretary of the Senate. 14
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