HLS 21RS-3152 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 179
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Eleanor McMain Secondary School boys' basketball
team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 4A
state championship
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Eleanor McMain Secondary School boys' basketball team on winning the
3 Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Class 4A state championship.
4 WHEREAS, the Eleanor McMain Secondary School Mustangs boys' basketball team
5captured their school's first ever basketball state title by defeating the top-seeded George
6Washington Carver Rams, 49-48, in the Class 4A state championship game at Burton
7Coliseum in Lake Charles on March 14, 2021; and
8 WHEREAS, the District 11-4A rivals battled down to the final seconds of the title
9match; the Mustangs' Corey Chest earned two free throws with less than one second to play
10and the score tied, 48-48; he hit one of the two shots to give his team a 49-48 victory; and
11 WHEREAS, McMain head coach, Steven Kelly, commented on the significance of
12his team's victory after the game saying that the win was "huge ... not only for our
13communities, but for the city of New Orleans. We're bringing the trophy back Uptown.
14That's one thing that is so huge for us"; and
15 WHEREAS, the coaches and members of the Eleanor McMain Secondary School
16boys' basketball team are most deserving of recognition for their inspiring season.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
18Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Eleanor McMain Secondary School
19boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021
20Class 4A state championship; does hereby recognize the significance of the team's
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1championship win for the city of New Orleans; and does hereby extend sincere hopes for the
2team's continued success.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
4principal of Eleanor McMain Secondary School.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 179 Original 2021 Regular Session Freeman
Commends the Eleanor McMain Secondary School boys' basketball team on winning the La.
High School Athletic Assoc. 2021 Class 4A state championship.
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