LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats
Softball 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 Softball Team captured the
Class D State Championship title with an impressive 8-0 victory over
Batavia Notre Dame on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Queensbury; and
WHEREAS, The Livingston Manor Softball Team clinched its second
straight New York State Class D title, finishing the season with a 17-1
record; and
WHEREAS, Senior pitcher Marissa Diescher tossed a pair of no hitters,
in the Wildcats' semi-final win over Hamilton, and again in their final
game to win the state championship; Diescher ends her high school career
with 24 no-hitters and 1,167 strikeouts, and has earned the recognition
as Gatorade/ESPN Rise State Softball Player of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Also contributing to the championship win were Samantha Scott
with two hits and two RBIs, Maggi Cala with two hits, and Paige Clancy
and Angela Zayas with run-scoring walks; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by the 2011 Livingston Manor
Wildcats Softball Team is due in great part to the efforts of co-coaches
Charlie Hicks and Kevin Clifford, a skilled and inspirational team of
tutors, respected for their ability to develop potential into excel-
lence; and
WHEREAS, The overall record of the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats
Softball 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 Softball
Team, from the opening game of the season to capturing the Class D New
York State Championship, were a sisterhood 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 Softball Team members have proven themselves to be an unbeata-
ble combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their school and
their community; and
WHEREAS, Charlie Hicks and Kevin Clifford have done a superb job in
guiding, molding and inspiring the 2011 Livingston Manor Wildcats Soft-
ball Team members toward their goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and the Livingston Manor Wildcats Softball 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 Softball Team, its
members and Charlie Hicks and Kevin Clifford 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
Softball Team.