LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the East Hampton High School Boys
Basketball Team and Coach Ed Petrie upon the occasion of capturing 2009
the Long Island Class A Championship

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, The 2009 Long Island Class A Champions, the East Hampton High
School Boys Basketball Team were also the Suffolk County Class A Cham-
pions and New York State Semi-Finalists; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Ed Petrie and his team of outstanding
assistant coaches, skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for their
ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The team's overall record is outstanding, and the team
members were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family, fans,
friends and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the East Hampton Boys Basketball Team, from
the opening game of the season to participation in the championship,
were a brotherhood of athletic ability, of good sportsmanship, of honor
and of scholarship, demonstrating that these team players are second to
none; and
WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the team members have proven
themselves to be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favor-
ably on their school; and
WHEREAS, Coach Ed Petrie and his dedicated staff have done a superb
job in guiding, molding and inspiring the team members toward their
goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Ed Petrie and the outstanding athletes on the
East Hampton High School Boys Basketball Team have clearly made a
contribution to the spirit of excellence which is a tradition of their
school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the East Hampton High School Boys Basketball Team; its
members: Steven Bahns, Jarred Bowe, Tyler Brenneman, William Collins,
Eric Frazier-Gordon, Samuel Hyman, Peyton Kelley, Darren Nelson, John
Nolan, Jerome Russell, Martial Toussaint, Antwon Ward, and Hayden Ward,
Assistant Coaches: Bill McKee and Joe McKee; and Coach Ed Petrie on
their outstanding season and overall team record; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the East Hampton High School Boys Basketball Team and to
Coach Ed Petrie.