Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2824
       
       
       
       By Senator Wilson
       
       
       
       
       33-03827-10                                           20102824__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Miami Norland High School
    3         Girls’ Basketball Team, winners of the 2010 Florida
    4         High School Athletic Association Class 4A State
    5         Championship.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, with determination, skill, and perseverance the
    8  2009-2010 Miami Norland High School Girls’ Basketball Team won
    9  the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A State
   10  Championship on February 27, 2010, at The Lakeland Center by
   11  defeating Pensacola High by a score of 43-38 in overtime, and
   12         WHEREAS, with a 27-2 record, the 2009-2010 Miami Norland
   13  Girls’ Basketball Team posted back-to-back wins in the girls’
   14  basketball state championships, the second Miami-Dade public
   15  school to do so, but the first school to win consecutive titles
   16  in two classifications, and
   17         WHEREAS, in the last two seasons the Miami Norland Vikings
   18  have compiled an impressive record of 59-2, posting its only
   19  losses in overtime, and
   20         WHEREAS, Miami Norland is the only Miami-Dade high school
   21  to win four state championships between its girls’ and boys’
   22  teams in a 5-year span, and
   23         WHEREAS, it is with great enthusiasm that the 2009-2010
   24  Miami Norland High School Girls’ Basketball Team is applauded
   25  for the accomplishments of its players and coaches and for the
   26  team’s contributions to its school and community, NOW,
   27  THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   30  
   31         That the Florida Senate commends the players and coaches of
   32  the 2009-2010 Miami Norland High School Girls’ Basketball Team
   33  for their outstanding record and for winning the 2010 Florida
   34  High School Athletic Association Class 4A State Championship.
   35         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   36  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the 2009-2010
   37  Miami Norland High School Girls’ Basketball Team as a tangible
   38  token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.