LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats
Baseball Team upon the occasion of capturing the New York State Class D
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 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball Team captured the
Class D State Championship title with an impressive 13-0 victory over
Loudonville Christian on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the NYSEG Stadium,
home of the Class AA Binghamton Mets; and
WHEREAS, The Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball Team won their first
state baseball title, finishing the season with a 13-8 record; Mike
Mills was the winning pitcher for Livingston Manor, throwing 88 pitches
in the final game; and
WHEREAS, Livingston Manor has just two seniors this season, Brandon
Smith and Adam Hendrix, who will both be attending Hartwick College in
the fall; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by the 2011 Livingston Manor
Wildcats Baseball Team is due in great part to the efforts of their
coaching staff, a skilled and inspirational group of tutors, respected
for their ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The overall record of the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats
Baseball Team was 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 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball
Team, from the opening game of the season to capturing the Class D New
York State 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 2011 Livingston Manor
Wildcats Baseball Team members have proven themselves to be an unbeata-
ble combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their school and
their community; and
WHEREAS, The coaching staff have done a superb job in guiding, molding
and inspiring the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball Team members
toward their goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and the Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball Team's
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 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats Baseball Team, its
members and coaching staff on their outstanding season, overall team
record and the Class D New York State Championship; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members and coaches of the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats
Baseball Team.