House Bill 9387

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9387

        By Representatives Bainter, Kelly, Sindler and Stabins






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the State Champion Mt.

  3         Dora High School Hurricanes, winners of the

  4         1998 Class 4A Florida High School Basketball

  5         Championship.

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  7         WHEREAS, on March 7, 1998, the Mt. Dora High School

  8  Hurricanes defeated the Jacksonville Ribault High School

  9  Trojans 55-48 to win their first state championship at the

10  Class 4A Florida High School Basketball Tournament held at the

11  Lakeland Center, and

12         WHEREAS, the Hurricanes finished their regular season

13  with an astounding school record of 33 wins and 3 losses in a

14  difficult schedule that included 19 teams that made the

15  playoffs, and

16         WHEREAS, Mt. Dora's strength, both during the regular

17  season and in the playoffs, was a man-to-man defense that

18  allowed only one team to score as much as 50 points against

19  the Hurricanes during postseason play, and

20         WHEREAS, Mt. Dora, who had not been to the state

21  championship tournament since 1967 and had not been in the

22  championship game since 1964, faced a Ribault team with a

23  state tournament tradition of 13 appearances and four state

24  championships to their credit, and

25         WHEREAS, Mt. Dora emerged victorious in the state

26  championship by virtue of a truly remarkable team effort and

27  with tremendous fan support from the citizens of Mt. Dora and

28  Lake County, and

29         WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens of

30  Mt. Dora and Lake County celebrate the championship season of

31  team members Anthony Banner, Chad Boyd, Greg Brittian, Brandon

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  1  Durias, Byron Durias, Isaac Johnson, Kendrix Jones, Josh

  2  Koester, Kendrick Manor, Sean Peterson, Josh Reed, and Zach

  3  Ward, Head Coach Scott Williams, assistant coaches Curtis

  4  Boyd, Ron Devlin, Bo Dixon, and John Uptak, and team managers

  5  Justin Ricci and Soloman Jones, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  8  Florida:

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10         That the House of Representatives of the State of

11  Florida hereby commmends and congratulates the State Champion

12  Mt. Dora High School Hurricanes, winners of the 1998 Class 4A

13  High School Basketball State Championship.

14         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution

15  be presented to team members Anthony Banner, Chad Boyd, Greg

16  Brittian, Brandon Durias, Byron Durias, Isaac Johnson, Kendrix

17  Jones, Josh Koester, Kendrick Manor, Sean Peterson, Josh Reed,

18  and Zach Ward, Head Coach Scott Williams, assistant coaches

19  Curtis Boyd, Ron Devlin, Bo Dixon, and John Uptak, and team

20  managers Justin Ricci and Soloman Jones as a tangible token of

21  the sentiments expressed herein.

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