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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 27
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Mount Carmel Academy girls' basketball team upon winning the 2014
Class 5A state basketball championship and to congratulate the Cubs on an
outstanding 2013-2014 season.
WHEREAS, the Mount Carmel Academy basketball team made school history by
capturing the school's first basketball state title on March 8, 2014, after defeating Destrehan
High School by nine points in a thrilling championship game that ended with a final score
of 69-60; and
WHEREAS, the Mount Carmel Academy basketball team not only made school
history, but also state history by being the lowest-seeded team to win a girls' basketball state
championship in any classification since the Louisiana High School Athletic Association
made the switch from a power rankings format to seed teams in 2008; and
WHEREAS, members of the Mount Carmel Academy basketball team shot thirty-
nine percent from the field, thirty-nine percent from deep, and held Destrehan High School's
basketball team to thirty-seven percent shooting; and
WHEREAS, each young woman of the Mount Carmel basketball team deserves
recognition for her vital contribution to the winning effort; and
WHEREAS, Panos Bountovinas, coach of the Cubs, has instilled in the players the
kind of leadership and motivational skills needed to achieve wins both on and off the court;
and
WHEREAS, through their display of dedication and teamwork, the Mount Carmel
Academy basketball team has brought a tremendous display of honor and pride to its school
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the young women of the Mount Carmel
Academy basketball team upon winning the 2014 Class 5A state basketball championship,
does hereby express sincere congratulations to the Cubs in recognition of their first state
championship basketball title, and does hereby extend to the team and coach best wishes for
a successful future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Mount Carmel Academy basketball team.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES