R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The Duncanville High School Pantherettes captured
1-2 the Class 5A State Basketball Championship with a hard-fought 44-33
1-3 win over the Alief Elsik High School Lady Rams on March 1, 1997;
1-4 and
1-5 WHEREAS, Playing in front of a crowd of 8,140 in Austin's
1-6 Frank Erwin Center, the Pantherettes got off to a slow start before
1-7 coming on strong in the second half to beat a tough Alief Elsik
1-8 team; the win earned Duncanville High School its fifth state crown,
1-9 which tied the school for the state record, and capped off a
1-10 school-record 40-0 season; and
1-11 WHEREAS, The championship is the first under Head Coach Sara
1-12 Hackerott, who served as an assistant to the late Sandra Meadows,
1-13 the legendary Duncanville basketball coach who helped establish the
1-14 school's exemplary basketball program; and
1-15 WHEREAS, Coach Hackerott has schooled her young players in
1-16 hardcourt fundamentals while at the same time instilling in them
1-17 the virtues of academic excellence and good sportsmanship, and she
1-18 was ably supported in her efforts by Assistant Coach Christie Capps
1-19 Sparks, team managers Sharyn Rogers and Dominique Wright, student
1-20 trainer Sharonda Houston, and athletic trainers Dave Burton and
1-21 Julie Torre; and
1-22 WHEREAS, Dedication to excellence both individually and as a
1-23 team has been a hallmark of the Pantherettes, whose team members
1-24 include Jessica Barr-Long, Andrea Bentley, Briana Brown, Tamika
2-1 Catchings, Angela Francis, Dana Godfrey, Alana Griffin, Julie
2-2 Jespersen, Kenya Larkin, Portia Lowe, Remy McElroy, Jalie Mitchell,
2-3 Shunda Murray, Dawn Owens, and LaDonna Palmer; and
2-4 WHEREAS, These talented young women, as well as their coaches
2-5 and staff, are a tremendous source of pride for the students and
2-6 faculty of Duncanville High School and their many supporters in the
2-7 community, and this most recent accomplishment has rightfully
2-8 earned them special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
2-9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas
2-10 Legislature hereby congratulate Head Coach Sara Hackerott and the
2-11 Duncanville High School Pantherettes on winning the 1997 Class 5A
2-12 State Basketball Championship; and, be it further
2-13 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-14 prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas
2-15 House of Representatives.
Davis
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
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 529 was adopted by the House on April
16, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House