ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Booker T. Washington girls' basketball team on winning the 2020
Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship.
WHEREAS, just four years after Booker T. Washington High School's reopening,
the Lady Lions basketball team captured the school's first girl's basketball state title with a
44-36 victory over Mansfield; and
WHEREAS, after trailing by as many as nine points in the second quarter, the Lady
Lions, under the guidance of Head Coach Lakenya Reed, intensified their defense and held
the Mansfield team to 4-of-28 shooting in the second half and forced twenty turnovers
throughout the game; and
WHEREAS, on the court, the Lady Lions were led by sophomore Imani Rothschild,
who scored thirteen points and had six steals during the game; she was named the game's
most outstanding player; in addition to Rothschild's performance, the Lady Lions were aided
by scoring from Kassie Dolliole, Mikira Kirton, and Ra'nae Tumblin; and
WHEREAS, the Booker T. Washington Lady Lions basketball team managed to
achieve the season's highest honor with only eight players on the entire roster; four of those
players will be a part of the school's first graduating class since its reopening; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Lions and Coach Reed displayed incredible determination
during their championship season, and for this, they are certainly deserving of recognition.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Booker T. Washington girls' basketball
team on winning the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A state
championship and does hereby extend sincere hopes and wishes that Coach Reed and the
Lady Lions basketball team are successful in their future endeavors.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Booker T. Washington High School.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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