H.R. No. 13 
R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Red Raiders AAA select baseball team has risen 
to national prominence by winning the 2003 USSSA World Series, and 
this achievement merits commendation; and
	WHEREAS, Made up of young men from the Pasadena, Deer Park, 
and La Porte areas, the Red Raiders team placed first in state 
tournament competition to gain a coveted World Series berth; and
	WHEREAS, The Red Raiders defeated teams from Oklahoma, Iowa, 
Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, and Georgia during the week-long event 
before facing another Texas-based team from Alvin in the 
championship game, which the Red Raiders handily won 7-3 to claim 
the World Series championship; and
	WHEREAS, Each player made significant contributions to the 
team's overall success, including Robbie Cook, Derrick Dartez, 
Mikey Clark, Brandon Faucett, Sam Hargrave, Ryan Keller, Aaron 
Spaugh, Brent Knight, Nathan Kello, and Marcius Taylor, and Chris 
Roy and Britt Crawford earned individual distinction as Most 
Valuable Player and Best Defensive Player, respectively; and
	WHEREAS, Coaches Mark Keller, John Myers, and Bill Hargrave 
provided their team with outstanding leadership and guidance, 
enabling each of their players to perform at a consistently high 
level, and they were assisted in their efforts by manager David 
Hargrave; and
	WHEREAS, These fine young Texans are exceptional athletes, 
and it is indeed appropriate that they receive special legislative 
recognition; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate the members of 
the Red Raiders baseball team and extend to them sincere best wishes 
for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Red Raiders as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.
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Craddick                   Geren                      Mercer                     
Allen                      Giddings                   Merritt                    
Alonzo                     Goodman                    Miller                     
Bailey                     Goolsby                    Moreno of Harris           
Baxter                     Griggs                     Moreno of El Paso          
Berman                     Grusendorf                 Morrison                   
Bohac                      Guillen                    Mowery                     
Bonnen                     Gutierrez                  Naishtat                   
Branch                     Haggerty                   Nixon                      
Brown of Kaufman           Hamilton                   Noriega                    
Brown of Brazos            Hamric                     Oliveira                   
Burnam                     Hardcastle                 Olivo                      
Callegari                  Harper-Brown               Paxton                     
Campbell                   Hartnett                   Pena                       
Canales                    Heflin                     Phillips                   
Capelo                     Hegar                      Pickett                    
Casteel                    Hilderbran                 Pitts                      
Castro                     Hill                       Puente                     
Chavez                     Hochberg                   Quintanilla                
Chisum                     Hodge                      Raymond                    
Christian                  Homer                      Reyna                      
Coleman                    Hope                       Riddle                     
Cook of Navarro            Hopson                     Ritter                     
Cook of Colorado           Howard                     Rodriguez                  
Corte                      Hughes                     Rose                       
Crabb                      Hunter                     Seaman                     
Crownover                  Hupp                       Smith of Tarrant           
Davis of Harris            Isett                      Smith of Harris            
Davis of Dallas            Jones of Lubbock           Smithee                    
Dawson                     Jones of Bexar             Solis                      
Delisi                     Jones of Dallas            Solomons                   
Denny                      Keel                       Stick                      
Deshotel                   Keffer of Dallas           Swinford                   
Driver                     Keffer of Eastland         Talton                     
Dukes                      King                       Taylor                     
Dunnam                     Kolkhorst                  Telford                    
Dutton                     Krusee                     Thompson                   
Edwards                    Kuempel                    Truitt                     
Eiland                     Laney                      Turner                     
Eissler                    Laubenberg                 Uresti                     
Elkins                     Lewis                      Van Arsdale                
Ellis                      Luna                       Villarreal                 
Escobar                    Mabry                      West                       
Farabee                    Madden                     Wilson                     
Farrar                     Marchant                   Wise                       
Flores                     Martinez Fischer           Wohlgemuth                 
Flynn                      McCall                     Wolens                     
Gallego                    McClendon                  Wong                       
Garza                      McReynolds                 Woolley                    
Gattis                     Menendez                   Zedler                     
                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     
	I certify that H.R. No. 13 was adopted by the House on August 
5, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House