ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 76
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHEAT
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Ponchatoula High School boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana
High School Athletic Association 2023 Division I state championship.
WHEREAS, the Ponchatoula High School Green Wave basketball team captured the
2023 state title by defeating New Iberia Senior High School Yellow Jackets basketball team,
63-48, in the Division I nonselect final of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association
boys' basketball tournament at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the victory gives the Ponchatoula High School boys' basketball program
its first-ever state championship; the Green Wave was led by standout junior Allen Graves,
who earned the Most Outstanding Player award after scoring twenty-three points, grabbing
sixteen rebounds, and blocking five shots in the championship game; senior guard Trey
Parham also contributed four three pointers and sixteen points in the game; and
WHEREAS, the Green Wave finished the 2022-2023 season with an impressive
record of twenty-nine wins and only seven losses; the team also reached the state tournament
for the first time since 1970 and advanced to the state final for the first time in school
history; and
WHEREAS, Ponchatoula Head Coach Thomas Taylor and his assistant coaches,
Uland Thorn, Daniel Dunn, Garry Polk, and Melvin Huland, are most deserving of the
highest recognition for leading the Green Wave throughout the season; the team's training
staff was also profoundly impactful by maintaining the health of the players; and the players
are certainly worthy of the highest praise for winning their school's first-ever state
championship in boys' basketball.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Ponchatoula High School boys'
basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division
I state championship and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the team's coaches,
players, and training staff continue their excellent work and always strive for greatness.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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