LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Boys and Girls High School's
boys basketball team and Coach Ruth Lovelace upon the occasion of
capturing the Public Schools Athletic League Class AA 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 Boys and Girls High School's boys basketball team of
Brooklyn, New York are the Public Schools Athletic League (P.S.A.L.)
Class AA Champions; on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Madison Square
Garden, the Boys and Girls High School's Kangaroos defeated Benjamin N.
Cardozo High School by a score of 55-50 to claim their first P.S.A.L.
title since 1979; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Ruth Lovelace and her team of outstanding
assistant coaches, skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for their
ability to develop potential into excellence; Coach Lovelace, in her
16th season at her alma mater, became the first female coach to win the
boys title; 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 Boys and Girls High School's 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 Ruth Lovelace and her 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 Ruth Lovelace and her outstanding athletes
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 Boys and Girls High School's boys basketball team; its
members: Michael Taylor, Leroy Isler, Antoine Slaughter, Jeffland
Neverson, Jerry White, Brandon Williams, Jamal Mapp, Jonathan Arroyo,
Dominick Bostick, Ralph Colon, Calvin Sterling, Jobse Reyes, Darren
Kirby, Saequaghn Pettus, and Assistant Coaches Elmer Anderson and Gene
Carroll and Head Coach Ruth Lovelace 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 Boys and Girls High School's boys basketball team and to
Coach Ruth Lovelace.