PRINTER'S NO. 3509
No. 491 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, MAY 9, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 9, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Extending congratulations to the Cheltenham High School Lady
2 Panthers Basketball Team for its excellent basketball season
3 and for winning the 2000 PIAA Class AAAA State Championship.
4 WHEREAS, The Cheltenham Lady Panthers Basketball Team
5 captured the 1999-2000 PIAA Class AAAA State Championship; and
6 WHEREAS, This is the first time in the history of the school
7 a team has won a State championship; and
8 WHEREAS, The Cheltenham High School Lady Panthers Basketball
9 Team includes Ashley Stevenson, Kim Kleinman, Latetia Lindsay,
10 Jessica Foster, Sarah Greenberg, Enonge Midgette, Ashley Grubb,
11 Adia Harmon, Ivy Laws, Kelly Gould, Tammy Frazier, Andrea Jones,
12 Rachel Laws, Amy Bauman and Shayla Johnson, Robert Schaefer
13 (Head Coach), Mike Houghton (Assistant Coach), Lew Wisnoff
14 (Assistant Coach), Richie Schultz (staff), Tony Houghton (staff)
15 and Richard Marburg (Athletic Director); and
16 WHEREAS, On its way to the State Championship, the team won
17 the Hazelton Tip-Off Tournament and the Naples, Florida, Holiday
18 Shoot-Out; and
1 WHEREAS, The team's strong efforts and hard work made it
2 undefeated in Suburban One league play (15-0), and earned an
3 undefeated regular season (23-0), enabling the team to win its
4 14th consecutive Suburban One Liberty title, having a final
5 overall record of 32-1; and
6 WHEREAS, The team's togetherness, commitment and
7 unselfishness helped it become PIAA Class AAAA District I
8 runner-up, and the 2000 PIAA Class AAAA Eastern Regional
9 Champion; and
10 WHEREAS, The Cheltenham Lady Panthers Basketball Team was
11 ranked 14th in the nation in the USA Today final high school
12 girls basketball poll and named "Team of the Decade" by the
13 Philadelphia Inquirer; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the
15 Cheltenham High School Lady Panthers Basketball Team for its
16 excellent basketball season and for winning the PIAA Class AAAA
17 State Championship.
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