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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 145
BY SENATOR MORRISH AND REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Hackberry High School girls' basketball team for
winning the Class C state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend the Hackberry High School girls' basketball team for winning the Class C state2
championship.3
WHEREAS, relying on good defense, twenty-four points from the tournament's most4
outstanding player, Destiny Simon, and teamwork throughout, the Hackberry High School5
Lady Mustangs celebrated winning the Class C state girls' basketball title; and6
WHEREAS, the Lady Mustangs defeated the Summerfield High School Lady Rebels7
by a final score of 46-35; and8
WHEREAS, the Hackberry girls failed to score a three-point shot until two minutes9
into the final quarter of the game, but the post play of Destiny Simon and steady play by the10
entire team led the Lady Mustangs to the state title; and11
WHEREAS, the Lady Mustangs are coached by Jay Bergeron, who was named12
Coach of the Year for Class C girls' basketball; and13
WHEREAS, Destiny Simon, a five feet ten inch senior, took five of the Lady14
Mustangs' first seven shots, which established her presence down low on the post and also15
her ability to drive to the goal for a score and set up the Hackberry lead early in the first half16
that they would not ever fully relinquish; and17
WHEREAS, Coach Jay Bergeron complimented Mustang reserve, Kaye Leigh18 SCR NO. 145
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La Bove, saying that she was just faster than their opponents and that speed helped1
compensate for the loss of Simon on the bench with her fourth foul in the fourth quarter; and2
WHEREAS, Skylar Jinks, who had made six three-pointers in the semifinal game,3
committed two quick fouls in the championship game and went to the bench, reducing her4
role in the final game, but she did finish with eight rebounds and one three-point basket at5
a time that was very advantageous for the Mustangs; and6
WHEREAS, Lady Mustang Jolie Trahan played in thirty-four games this season and7
scored a total of two hundred ninety-three points, a per game average of 8.6 points, and was8
named to the Class C girls' basketball all state team, joining Destiny Simon on that team. 9
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby10
commend the Hackberry High School girls' basketball team for winning the Class C state11
championship. 12
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to girls'13
basketball Coach Jay Bergeron at Hackberry High School in Hackberry, Louisiana.14
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Morrish SCR No. 145
Commends the Hackberry High School girls' basketball team for winning the Class C state
championship.