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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 86
BY SENATOR MORRISH AND REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend the Hackberry High School softball team for winning the 2015 Class C State
Championship for the fifth consecutive year.
WHEREAS, the Hackberry High School softball team has completed a five-year run
by taking the final game in the Class C State Championship in a six-inning sixteen-to-six
win over St. Joseph's High School of Plaucheville, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Hackberry Mustangs, winners of the state title in five consecutive
seasons beginning in 2011, were led in the final game by freshman, Gracie Devall, who went
three for four in the game with a double, triple, a run scored and three runs batted in (RBI's);
and
WHEREAS, the Mustangs were off to a good start, scoring in the first inning and
following up with five runs in the second as Abby Trahan had a two-run single and
Sydney Broussard and Brianne Beard each drove in a run and the team headed into the third
inning with a six-run lead; and
WHEREAS, the St. Joseph's girls came back with a five-run fourth inning, which the
Mustangs countered with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth as Lexie Stine and
Devall reached on singles; Devall's single rolled to the fence scoring Stine while Devall
scored on an error on Olivia LaBove's grounder, ending the inning with an eight to five lead;
and
WHEREAS, after St. Joseph's added one run, Hackberry scored three more runs in
the bottom of the fifth with Broussard, Trahan, and Blanche and Brianne Beard contributing
to the rally and increasing the lead to eleven to six; and
WHEREAS, the game ended early on the ten-run rule when the Mustangs scored five
in the sixth inning with Stine connecting for a two-run single and Devall blasting a two-run
double off the left field fence to score the final two runs and closing the game out at sixteen
to six; and
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WHEREAS, the win capped a season in which three eighth-graders and a sophomore
filled the void left by four seniors who graduated after the 2014 championship; and
WHEREAS, the depth of commitment by the members of the Hackberry softball
team and their coaches can be measured in their success, but also in the friendships forged
through the sense of accomplishment of a goal as a team and in the continuation of what has
become a Hackberry High School softball tradition; and
WHEREAS, Coach Angie Little complimented the 2015 Hackberry Mustangs,
stating that the team worked hard and on the diamond their attitude was to "play defense and
hustle, hustle, hustle"; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Class C State Champion Hackberry Mustang
softball team are Sydney Broussard, Brianne Beard, Kaye Leigh LaBove, Lexie Stine,
Abby Trahan, McClain Frey, Jeanne Trahan, Gracie Devall, Blanche Beard, Olyvia LaBove,
Casey LaFleur and Karlie Stine; and
WHEREAS, the coaching staff for the Mustang softball team is Angie Little, head
coach, and assistant coaches Kristal Franklin, Sharon Sanner, and Barry Stine.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate the Hackberry High School softball team for winning the 2015
Class C State Championship for the fifth consecutive year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Hackberry High School Principal, Charles Wilson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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