| 10 | | - | A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Recognizing the Howard Tigers as the 2024 |
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| 11 | | - | Class B boys basketball state champions. |
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| 12 | | - | WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 season marked sixty years since the Howard Tigers basketball |
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| 13 | | - | team last won a state title, but despite that, their head coach, Nick Koepsell believed the team |
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| 14 | | - | had the talent and dedication to make a deep run; and |
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| 15 | | - | WHEREAS, the Howard Tigers qualified for the state tournament as the fifth seed with a |
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| 16 | | - | 20-3 record and defeated the fourth-seeded Wessington Springs Spartans in the first round |
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| 17 | | - | of the state tournament by a score of 53-38; and |
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| 18 | | - | WHEREAS, the Howard Tigers advanced to the finals by defeating the top -seeded White |
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| 19 | | - | River Tigers by a score of 48-42; and |
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| 20 | | - | WHEREAS, despite the Howard Tigers leading the defending champion De Smet Bulldogs |
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| 21 | | - | in the championship game for most of the first four quarters, the Bulldogs scored a last - |
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| 22 | | - | second three-pointer to send the game into overtime; and |
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| 23 | | - | WHEREAS, during overtime, the Howard Tigers demonstrated that they had the hearts of |
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| 24 | | - | champions and the skills to match, overpowering the Bulldogs by a score of 60-55; |
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| 25 | | - | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State |
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| 26 | | - | of South Dakota, that the Howard Tigers are the 2024 Class B boys basketball state |
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| 27 | | - | champions. |
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| 12 | + | Introduced by: Representatives Reisch, Emery, Moore, and Walburg and Senators Crabtree and Perry |
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| 16 | + | A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Recognizing the Howard Tigers as the 2024 1 |
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| 17 | + | Class B boys basketball state champions. 2 |
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| 18 | + | WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 season marked sixty years since the Howard Tigers basketball 3 |
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| 19 | + | team last won a state title, but despite that, their head coach, Nick Koepsell believed the team 4 |
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| 20 | + | had the talent and dedication to make a deep run; and 5 |
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| 21 | + | WHEREAS, the Howard Tigers qualified for the state tournament as the fifth seed with a 6 |
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| 22 | + | 20-3 record and defeated the fourth-seeded Wessington Springs Spartans in the first round 7 |
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| 23 | + | of the state tournament by a score of 53-38; and 8 |
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| 24 | + | WHEREAS, the Howard Tigers advanced to the finals by defeating the top -seeded White 9 |
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| 25 | + | River Tigers by a score of 48-42; and 10 |
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| 26 | + | WHEREAS, despite the Howard Tigers leading the defending champion De Smet Bulldogs 11 |
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| 27 | + | in the championship game for most of the first four quarters, the Bulldogs scored a last -12 |
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| 28 | + | second three-pointer to send the game into overtime; and 13 |
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| 29 | + | WHEREAS, during overtime, the Howard Tigers demonstrated that they had the hearts of 14 |
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| 30 | + | champions and the skills to match, overpowering the Bulldogs by a score of 60-55; 15 |
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| 31 | + | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State 16 |
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| 32 | + | of South Dakota, that the Howard Tigers are the 2024 Class B boys basketball state 17 |
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| 33 | + | champions. 18 |
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