LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Warwick Valley High School
Boys Lacrosse Team and Coach Graig McElroy as the 2010 Section 9 Class A
Lacrosse Champions

WHEREAS, It is acknowledged that excellence and success in competitive
sports can be achieved only through strenuous practice, team play, and a
spirit that has been nurtured by dedicated coaching and a supportive
community; and
WHEREAS, It is also acknowledged that such athletic competition
enhances the moral and physical development of the young men and women
of our State, preparing them for the future by instilling in them a
sense of fair play and the need for discipline, a standard of healthy
living, and a desire for excellence and success; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body to commend and pay
tribute to those who, by achieving outstanding success in athletic
competition, have inspired others and brought pride to their community;
and
WHEREAS, Top-seeded Warwick captured its second consecutive Section 9
Class A championship with a 12-7 win over third-seeded Minisink Valley
in front of around 1,000 raucous fans at Middletown High School; and
WHEREAS, The Warwick players jumped on top of each other at midfield
and celebrated all the hard work they did this season; they went unde-
feated in the section for the first time in the program's history and
picked up their first-ever road wins against Pine Bush and Valley
Central; the Wildcats are the first Class A team to win back-to-back
titles since Kingston did it in 2003-2004; and
WHEREAS, Lacrosse, considered to be America's first sport, is one of
the fastest growing team sports in the United States; this exhilarating
game requires and rewards coordination and agility, quickness and speed,
and endurance and solid teamwork; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Graig McElroy and the outstanding athletes on
the Warwick Valley High School Boys Lacrosse 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 Warwick Valley High School Boys Lacrosse Team; its
members: Byron Quinn, Collin Baldwin, Jon Roerdan, James Kolesar,
Keegan McNamara, Russell Broere, Branden Fernandez, Alex Alario, Conor
O'Brien, John Seebach, Will Clark, Sam Brown, Kevin Marion, Mitchell
Wightman, Dominic Giello, James Delaney, Mike Grace, Kurt Galbraith,
Brandon Donnellan, Adam Corbin, Collin Lindsay, Tom Lynch, Chris Giorda-
no, Nick Esch, Tyler Filipowski, Matt Kane, and Shane Connolly and
Assistant Coaches Jeff Quinn, John Kolesar, Dan Jacques, and Head Coach
Graig McElroy 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 Warwick Valley High School Boys Lacrosse Team and to the
aforementioned coaches.