House Bill 9065

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9065

        By Representative Peaden






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                           House Resolution
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           A resolution recognizing the Vernon Lady Yellow
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           Jackets as the Class 2-A State Basketball
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           Champions.
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           WHEREAS, March 4, 2000, will be noted as the point in
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    Vernon High School history at which the Class 2-A Lady Yellow
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    Jackets won their first state title, and
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           WHEREAS, in its second-ever trip past the beginning
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    rounds of regional play, the team entered the finals with a
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    come-from-behind score of 64-63 over P. K. Yonge, of
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    Gainesville, and then waged a hard-fought battle to take the
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    46-40 lead over Orlando Lake Highland Prep in the final two
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    seconds of the championship game, and
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           WHEREAS, ranked number 1 in their class since January,
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    the Lady Yellow Jackets finished the season with an astounding
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    team record of 32-1, and
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           WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that state
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    championship team members Leslie Strickland, Diana Coleman,
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    Jenny Brazzell, Starla Maxson, Wilma Hernandez, Aysha Coleman,
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    Ashley Jackson, Sherale Bland, Donshe' Brown, Kristi Campbell,
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    Marla Harrell, and Donavan Duty be recognized for an
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    outstanding performance during the 1999-2000 basketball
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    season, NOW, THEREFORE,
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    Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
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    Florida:
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           That the House of Representatives pauses in its
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    deliberations to congratulate Vernon High School's Lady Yellow
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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9065

    557-154-00






  1  Jackets, the Class 2-A State Basketball Champions, for winning

  2  the school's first state title.

  3         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  4  be presented to each team member as a tangible token of the

  5  sentiments expressed herein.

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