SLS 16RS-822 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 51
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Natchitoches Central High School boys basketball
team on winning the 5A state championship.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend the Natchitoches Central High School boys basketball team on winning the
3 2016 Class 5A state championship.
4 WHEREAS, Natchitoches Central High School has ended the 2016 basketball season
5 yet again as a Louisiana sports phenomenon after winning their second Class 5A state
6 championship with a fifty-four to fifty-two win against the Scotlandville Hornets on March
7 11, 2016; and
8 WHEREAS, the Chiefs were previously named Class 5A state champions in 2014;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, the team, under the leadership of Coach Micah Coleman, were able to
11 earn this title despite the fact that their hometown was reeling from one of the worst floods
12 in Louisiana history; and
13 WHEREAS, despite the natural disaster, the dedicated team and thousands of their
14 supporters braved the weather to make the four-hour trip for the game in the Burton Arena
15 in Lake Charles, Louisiana; and
16 WHEREAS, their focus and agility on the court as well as the dedication and
17 inspiration they displayed during a crisis serves as the finest example of true sportsmanship;
18 and
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SLS 16RS-822 ORIGINAL
1 WHEREAS, their 2016 Class 5A state championship will long be remembered as one
2 of the finest in Louisiana high school sports history.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4 commend and congratulate the 2016 Natchitoches Central High School boys basketball team
5 for winning the 2016 Class 5A state championship and for serving as an inspiration to their
6 fellow Louisianians during a natural disaster.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
8 principal of Natchitoches Central High School.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 51 Original 2016 Regular Session Long
Commends the Natchitoches Central High School boys basketball team on winning the Class
5A state championship.
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