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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 126
BY REPRESENTATIVE WESLEY BISHOP
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Landry-Walker Charging Buccaneers upon winning
the 2014 Class 4A high school boys' basketball championship
A RESOLUTION1
To commend the L.B. Landry-O. Perry Walker Career College and Preparatory High School2
boys' basketball team for winning the 2014 Class 4A state championship.3
WHEREAS, in August 2013, two high schools, L.B. Landry and O. Perry Walker,4
successfully combined at a state-of-the-art facility in Algiers to form the L.B. Landry-5
O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, despite a coalition of anti-6
merger activists who wanted to "let Landry stay Landry, and let Walker stay Walker"; and7
WHEREAS, the merger of these schools faced the unique challenges of combining8
coaching staffs and teams of athletes who, prior to the 2013-2014 school year, had been9
opponents; and10
WHEREAS, in stellar fashion, the Landry-Walker boys' basketball team completed11
its first regular season with a record of 35-5, which punched the team's ticket to the12
Louisiana High School Athletic Association Top 28 Boys Basketball Tournament; and13
WHEREAS, in the semifinals, the Landry-Walker Charging Buccaneers defeated the14
reigning Class 4A state champions, St. Thomas More, by a score of 62-50, a preview of its15
seemingly easy path to the top of Class 4A; and16
WHEREAS, the team showed the unstoppable unity it had built in its first year by17
handily knocking off the East Jefferson High School Warriors by a score of 76-56 to become18
the new Class 4A state champions; and19
WHEREAS, Landry-Wa lker guard Tyree Griffin was named the game's Most20
Outstanding Player, finishing with fifteen points, six assists, and four rebounds; and21 HLS 14RS-4658 ORIGINAL
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teammate guard Corey Wells was perfect from the field in the championship game, making1
eight of eight free throws and four of four attempted shots from the field, including two2
three-pointers; and3
WHEREAS, after twenty-five seasons as a head coach at John F. Kennedy, O. Perry4
Walker, and Landry-Walker, Coach Brian Gibson achieved his first state championship, and5
the merger of L.B. Landry High School and O. Perry Walker High School yielded a dream6
team that defied all odds to rise to the top of Class 4A.7
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the8
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the L.B. Landry-O. Perry Walker Career9
College and Preparatory High School boys' basketball team for winning the Class 4A state10
championship and does hereby extend heartiest congratulations to the team, the coaching11
staff, and the school for such a momentous achievement in its first year of existence.12
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted13
to Ms. Mary L.H. Laurie, principal of L.B. Landry-O. Perry Walker Career College and14
Preparatory High School.15
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Wesley Bishop HR No. 126
Commends the Landry-Walker High School boys' basketball team upon winning the 2014
Class 4A championship.