R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Longview High School Lady Lobos basketball team 1-2 will contend for the Class 5A State Basketball Championship from 1-3 February 27, 1997, to March 1, 1997, and the team's participation 1-4 in this event truly merits praise and recognition; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Lady Lobos, Class 5A Region II Basketball 1-6 Champions, travel to our State Capitol with a 32-2 record this year 1-7 and an 18-year legacy of basketball excellence; under the 1-8 leadership of Head Coach Tommy Aldridge, the Longview girls' 1-9 basketball program has amassed an impressive record that includes 1-10 17 consecutive state playoff appearances, 16 district 1-11 championships, 13 bi-district championships, 11 regional tournament 1-12 appearances, two final four appearances, and a state championship 1-13 in 1984; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Known in Longview for his aggressive coaching style, 1-15 concern for his players, and winning ways, Coach Aldridge has 1-16 compiled a career record of 577-72 during his 18-year tenure; the 1-17 Lady Lobos led the nation in wins during the 1980s by compiling a 1-18 330-33 record, and in 1984 Coach Aldridge was named Texas Class 5A 1-19 Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year; and 1-20 WHEREAS, One of the fundamental tenets of the Lady Lobos 1-21 program is the promotion of teamwork and cooperation, and the 1-22 program relies heavily on these concepts and serves as excellent 1-23 preparation for entering into the competitive workforce environment 1-24 where these principles are of paramount importance; and 2-1 WHEREAS, This year's Lady Lobos team includes Kristina 2-2 Taylor, Jennifer Mathis, Meagan Leggett, Marcia Jackson, Ashley 2-3 Huffman, Amanda Grubbs, Lamedka Pippins, Meredith Walker, Sarah 2-4 Millwood, Shala Reese, Tanya Molett, Kelvona Thomas, and Laurie 2-5 Spier; and 2-6 WHEREAS, Coach Aldridge has been ably supported in his 2-7 efforts to create another state-championship-caliber team by 2-8 Assistant Coach Essie Faggett, Trainer Jimmy Kendrick, and Manager 2-9 J. R. Walker, and the efforts of these individuals have helped 2-10 keep these talented and skillful young women focused on their goal; 2-11 and 2-12 WHEREAS, These exemplary athletes, as well as their coaches 2-13 and staff, are a tremendous source of pride for the students and 2-14 faculty of Longview High School and their many supporters in the 2-15 community, and this chamber is privileged to wish them well in all 2-16 their future endeavors; now, therefore, be it 2-17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-18 Legislature hereby commend the Longview High School Lady Lobos 2-19 basketball team on the occasion of their appearance at the 1997 2-20 Class 5A State Championship Basketball Tournament in Austin; and, 2-21 be it further 2-22 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-23 prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas 2-24 House of Representatives. Merritt Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 248 was adopted by the House on February 27, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House