SLS 19RS-446 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Rayville High School boys basketball team upon
winning the 2019 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 2A championship.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Rayville High School boys basketball team upon winning the 2019 Louisiana
3 High School Athletic Association Class 2A championship.
4 WHEREAS, for two years in a row, the Rayville High School Hornets boys
5 basketball team, under the leadership of Coach Derrick Jones, has set the standard for
6 teamwork and skill on the court; and
7 WHEREAS, on March 8, 2019, the team defeated the Port Allen Pelicans 61-48 at
8 the Allstate Sugar Bowl/Louisiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball
9 tournament; and
10 WHEREAS, this win earned the team the Class 2A championship for two years in
11 a row; and
12 WHEREAS, the Hornets averaged 106.6 points per game through the playoffs,
13 resulting in three of the team members being named to the Louisiana Sports Writers
14 Association's Class 2A All-State team; and
15 WHEREAS, the Rayville High School Hornets boys basketball team has made their
16 community and the people of Louisiana proud of their skill, teamwork, and dedication on
17 and off the court.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
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1 does hereby commend and congratulate the Rayville High School boys basketball team on
2 winning the 2019 Class 2A championship and does wish them many more victories and
3 successes in all their future endeavors.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
5 Coach Derrick Jones.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SR 49 Original 2019 Regular Session Thompson
Commends Rayville High School boys basketball team upon winning the 2019 Louisiana
High School Athletic Association Class 2A championship.
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