LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Carle Place Girls Varsity
Basketball Team and Coach Mike Bello upon the occasion of capturing the
2015 Long Island 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, This Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate the
Carle Place Girls Varsity Basketball Team and Coach Mike Bello upon the
occasion of capturing the Long Island Championship on Monday, March 16,
2015, at Long Island University Post; and
WHEREAS, The Carle Place Girls Varsity Basketball Team achieved an
exciting 36-32 comeback victory over Hampton Bays High School to win the
Long Island Championship; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Mike Bello and his staff, skilled and
inspirational tutors, respected for their ability to develop potential
into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The Carle Place Frogs overall team record is outstanding, and
the team members were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family,
friends, fans, and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the Carle Place Girls Varsity Basketball
Team, from the opening game of the season to participation in the Cham-
pionship, 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 team members have proven
themselves to be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favor-
ably on their school; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Mike Bello and these 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 members of the Carle Place Girls Varsity Basketball
Team, and Coach Mike Bello; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the Carle Place Girls Varsity Basketball Team,
and Coach Mike Bello.