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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 17
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the players and coaches of the Rayville High School girls
basketball team on winning the Class 3-A state championship.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend the Rayville High School girls basketball
team on winning the Class 3-A Girls Basketball state championship; and
WHEREAS, the Rayville High School girls basketball team made history on
Thursday, March 7, 2013, with a 71-38 win over Baker High School, the first state girls
basketball championship in school history; and
WHEREAS, the team finished the 2012-2013 season with a phenomenal twenty-
seven win and five loss record; and
WHEREAS, Head Coach Amber Obaze-Ford, in her first season at Rayville High
School, was selected as the 2013 Northeast Coach of the Year and District 2-3-A Coach of
the Year; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend La Dencia Johnson for being named as
Co-Most Valuable Player for Class 2-3-A, Monroe Civic Center Tournament Most Valuable
Player, Miss Basketball, Northeast Girls Player of the Year, and First Team All State; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Thomasina Minor for being named Class
3-A Girls Most Valuable Player and First Team All District 2-3-A and Andreanna Jackson
as Co-Most Valuable Player District 2-3-A; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Dameisha Daniels and Victoria Wilson
for being named First Team All District 2-3-A; Shardal Johnson and Arielle Richardson for
being named Second Team All District 2-3-A; and Angelica Williams for being named
Honorable Mention All District 2-3-A; and
WHEREAS, the Rayville High School Lady Hornets bring a commanding sense of
honor and immense pride to their school, the town of Rayville, and the state of Louisiana. ENROLLEDHR NO. 17
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Rayville High School girls basketball
team on winning the 2013 Class 3-A state championship, does hereby congratulate the
players and coaches on an impressive and memorable season, does hereby record for
posterity their historic accomplishments, and does hereby extend to them best wishes for
continued success in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Rayville High School Principal Tommy Watson and to Head Basketball Coach Amber
Obaze-Ford.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES