2011-K499

Congratulating the Boys and Girls High School Boys Basketball Team on winning the 2011 PSAL Boys Basketball AA Championship

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2011-K499


LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2010-2011 Boys & Girls High
School Boys Basketball Team upon winning the 2011 PSAL Boys Basketball
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, On March 13, 2011, at the Madison Square Garden, the Boys and
Girls High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team won the 2011 PSAL Boys
Basketball AA Championship defeating Lincoln High School, 62-55; this is
the second year in a row the team has won a City Championship victory
for their school; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due to great
efforts of their Head Coach Ruth Lovelace, and Assistant Coaches Elmer
Anderson, Gene Carroll, Barry Ward and Jeff Wiggins who have all
inspired and guided the team members toward their goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the value of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Ruth Lovelace and all of the 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 Boys Varsity Basketball
Team; its members: Nkosi Brown, Anthony Hemingway, Malik Nichols,
Saequahn Pettus, Jobse Reyes, Antoine Slaughter, Michael Taylor, Nick
Bauciquot, Dykweil Bryan, Leroy Fludd, Solomon Frazier, Bryce Jones,
Jeffland Neverson, John Courcelle, Teyvon Myers, and Wesley Myers; and
Coach Ruth Lovelace on their outstanding season and overall team record;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resoultion, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Boys and Girls High School Boys Basketball Team, Coach
Ruth Lovelace, and Athletic Director, Sheila Shale.

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  • 11 / May / 2011
    • ADOPTED

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