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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 22
BY SENATORS LONG AND THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to establish and
sanction the competitive sport of tournament bass fishing.
WHEREAS, the mission of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association
(LHSAA) is to direct and regulate the interscholastic athletics of member schools while
promoting fair and equitable competition; and
WHEREAS, the LHSAA currently sanctions one hundred nine championships and
twenty-five sports; and
WHEREAS, fishing is as much a part of Louisiana's culture as is football and as
much a pastime of Louisianians as is baseball; and
WHEREAS, many of Louisiana's high school students already participate in bass
fishing, both on a recreational and competitive level; and
WHEREAS, The Bass Federation's Louisiana chapter recently sponsored a state bass
fishing tournament at Caddo Lake that attracted over forty teams representing approximately
twenty LHSAA member schools; and
WHEREAS, the Association of Louisiana Bass Clubs recently unanimously
approved adding a junior division to its ranks with the hope of attracting high school teams
as members; and
WHEREAS, the high school athletic associations in Illinois, Kentucky, and South
Carolina currently sanction bass fishing as a championship sport; and
WHEREAS, by sanctioning bass fishing as a competitive sport, the LHSAA would
create another avenue for students to participate in interscholastic competition.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to establish and sanction
the competitive sport of tournament bass fishing. SCR NO. 22 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
LHSAA Commissioner Kenny Henderson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES