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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 50
BY SENATOR CROWE AND REPRESENTATI VES CROMER AND PEARSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend and congratulate the Salmen High School of Slidell Lady Spartan basketball
team on winning its second consecutive Class 4A state championship.
WHEREAS, the top-seeded Salmen High School Lady Spartans basketball team won
the Class 4A state title for the second year in a row prevailing against Warren Easton Charter
High School from New Orleans, the second-seed in the state playoffs, as the teams clashed
in the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Spartans were led in the championship game by two girls, both
named Brown: Megan, a senior, and Kalani, a junior, combined to provide both timely
offense and smothering defense to overcome a halftime deficit to Easton of thirty-one to
twenty-four; and
WHEREAS, the championship game began as the challengers came out early hitting
four three pointers in the first period and dominating as the half ended, but Salmen was not
to be denied; and
WHEREAS, in the second quarter Kalani Brown stepped up her offensive game,
scoring seven points in a five minute stretch, cutting the Eagles lead at halftime to seven and
setting the stage for a dramatic second half comeback sparked by both offensive and
defensive brilliance; and
WHEREAS, Easton continued to lead entering the fourth period by forty to thirty-
seven, but Salmen went on an amazing 11-0 run, capped by a three-pointer by Megan Brown
with 3:12 left in the game; and
WHEREAS, after entering the second half trailing by seven, the Lady Spartans relied
on their defense to keep the Easton Eagles at bay while putting on an offensive show on their
end of the court; and SCR NO. 50 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, as the Lady Spartans led the Eagles in fourth quarter scoring with
Megan scoring twelve of her game-high twenty-one points, which earned her Most
Outstanding Player honors, and led her team to the championship game victory; and
WHEREAS, Easton's three-point shooting, which gave them their lead through three
quarters of play, in the final period met head-on with Salmen center Kalani who finished the
game with thirteen points, but, perhaps, more importantly twelve rebounds and six blocked
shots, sealing the Eagles' fate with a blazing defensive effort; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Spartans garnered their second consecutive Class 4A girls
basketball championship by a score of fifty-four to forty-eight; and
WHEREAS, speaking of his team having trailed Warren Easton through three
quarters, yet managing to prevail in the end, coach Kevin Anderson stated: "It was about
determination and never giving up and the girls got it done."
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate the Salmen High School of Slidell Lady Spartan basketball team
on winning its second consecutive Class 4A state championship.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
principal of Salmen High School of Slidell, Terri Wortman.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES