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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2005 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING BOTH THE | |
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GIRLS AND BOYS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Giannini, Rose, and Lima | |
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Date Introduced: March 23, 2005 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, Mount Pleasant High School achieved something rarely done in high school |
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sports as both its Boys and Girls Basketball Teams won the state championship; and |
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WHEREAS, The Mount Pleasant High School Girls Basketball Team won its first |
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championship since 1990 when it defeated Davies 44-20 at the University of Rhode Island's Ryan |
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Center to win the Division Three Girls State Championship; and |
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WHEREAS, Mount Pleasant was led by the sterling efforts of game MVP Amanda Rios |
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who scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, the leadership of Co-Captain Amanda Kue and |
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the exemplary coaching of Head Coach Linda Paolozzi; and |
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WHEREAS, The Boys team pulled off a major upset when they defeated powerhouse St. |
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Raphael 59-51 to win the Boys Division One State Championship; and |
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WHEREAS, Mount Pleasant won this game primarily because they dominated the |
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rebound battle 46-30 and scored 20 second chance points. No one was more important to Mount |
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Pleasant's rebound efforts than game MVP Jerome Hodge, a senior center, who scored 13 points |
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and grabbed an incredible 19 rebounds, 11 of which were offensive rebounds; and |
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WHEREAS, Mount Pleasant was also led by playoff MVP Terrence Dunstan who scored |
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16 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, and had 3 steals, Russell Ford-Brown who scored 13 points and |
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grabbed 7 rebounds, and the steady leadership of Head Coach Chris Coleman; now, therefore be |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Mount Pleasant High School for winning both the |
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Girls and Boys State Basketball Championships; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Coaches Linda Paolozzi and Chris Coleman. |
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