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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 284
By Haston
HJR0284
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A RESOLUTION to honor and commend the Lobelville Middle
School Hornets boys' basketball team on
winning the James C. Haile State Basketball
Tournament Class A championship.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that we should salute those student athletes who, through their
extraordinary efforts, have distinguished themselves as true champions of whom we can all be
proud; and
WHEREAS, one such exemplary group of young athletes is the Lobelville Middle School
Hornets boys' basketball team, whose members have all proven themselves to be the fiercest of
competitors and truly worthy of admiration by winning the 2025 James C. Haile State Basketball
Tournament Class A championship; and
WHEREAS, the Hornets remained undefeated in the tournament and conquered their
opponents, Allardt Middle School, by a score of 53-37 to hoist the gold ball trophy; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Lobelville Middle School boys' basketball team
epitomize all that is good in today's student athletes, as they have achieved a premier level of
success in competition while exhibiting the highest degree of character in all aspects of life; and
WHEREAS, the members of this championship team include eighth graders, Brier
Arnold, Kooper Haston, Bentley Hinson, Jaycob Hopper, Brody Lee, Elijah McCaig, Noah
Phaneuf, Colby Smith, Jordan Rainey, and Owen White; seventh graders, Maddox Hester,
James Morales, and Asher Warren, manager; sixth graders, Peyton Gillentine, Brennan Holley,
Maddax Marrs, Gavin Southall, Andrew Votaw, and Zaine Warren; and fifth graders Chandler
Hinson, Brycen Langlois, Ean Rogers, Tanner Thomas, and Griffin Wood; and
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WHEREAS, the perseverance, determination, work ethic, and talent of this group of
young men not only made possible a championship season but also surely bode well for their
future success; and
WHEREAS, we find it appropriate to acknowledge and congratulate the members of the
Lobelville Middle School boys' basketball team on this special occasion; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we honor and commend the members and coaches of the Lobelville
Middle School Hornets boys' basketball team upon winning the 2025 James C. Haile State
Basketball Tournament Class A championship and extend to them our best wishes for every
continued success in all their future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.