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H.C.R. No. 62
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Fort Worth's Westside All-Stars Little League
baseball team won the 2002 Southwest Little League Championship
and advanced to the semifinals of the 56th Little League World
Series; and
WHEREAS, The Westside All-Stars defeated Texas East champion
First Colony American of Sugar Land 2-0 to garner the 2002 Southwest
Little League title and become the first Fort Worth team in 42 years
to reach the Little League World Series; and
WHEREAS, The talented team from Texas advanced to the
semifinals and lost 2-1 against the Louisville, Kentucky, team that
went on to win the championship; proving themselves to be
formidable competitors, these young men played 11 hard-fought
innings, a Little League World Series record, which included both
starting pitchers throwing a no-hit shut-out for the first six
innings; the game also had a record 49 strikeouts, with 21 of them
by Westside's Walker Kelly; and
WHEREAS, Led by team manager Jon Kelly, who was assisted by
fellow coaches Mitch Belew and Joe VanderHamm, these outstanding
Little Leaguers are Mitchell Belew, Patton Eagle, Mark Grace,
Chester Hamilton, Jack Huckabay, Walker Kelly, Robby Lebus, Robert
Ratliff, Rand Ravnaas, Chris Rivera, Mikey Valdez, and Jeffrey
VanderHamm; and
WHEREAS, In addition to showing the world that they are
talented athletes, these ballplayers demonstrated admirable
character by dedicating their games to Bobby Ratliff, teammate
Robert Ratliff's father, who is battling cancer; and
WHEREAS, The Westside All-Stars played with determination
and outstanding sportsmanship, and the Lone Star State takes great
pride in all they have accomplished; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby honor the Westside All-Stars for being 2002 Southwest Little
League Champions and semifinalists in the 56th Little League World
Series and commend the players and coaches on a sterling season;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives and Senate.
Geren
Craddick
Giddings
Merritt
Allen
Goodman
Miller
Alonzo
Goolsby
Moreno of Harris
Bailey
Griggs
Moreno of El Paso
Baxter
Grusendorf
Morrison
Berman
Guillen
Mowery
Bohac
Gutierrez
Naishtat
Bonnen
Haggerty
Nixon
Branch
Hamilton
Noriega
Brown of Kaufman
Hamric
Oliveira
Brown of Brazos
Hardcastle
Olivo
Burnam
Harper-Brown
Paxton
Callegari
Hartnett
Pena
Campbell
Heflin
Phillips
Canales
Hegar
Pickett
Capelo
Hilderbran
Pitts
Casteel
Hill
Puente
Castro
Hochberg
Quintanilla
Chavez
Hodge
Rangel
Chisum
Homer
Raymond
Christian
Hope
Reyna
Coleman
Hopson
Riddle
Cook of Navarro
Howard
Ritter
Cook of Colorado
Hughes
Rodriguez
Corte
Hunter
Rose
Crabb
Hupp
Seaman
Crownover
Isett
Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris
Jones of Lubbock
Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas
Jones of Bexar
Smithee
Dawson
Jones of Dallas
Solis
Delisi
Keel
Solomons
Denny
Keffer of Dallas
Stick
Deshotel
Keffer of Eastland
Swinford
Driver
King
Talton
Dukes
Kolkhorst
Taylor
Dunnam
Krusee
Telford
Dutton
Kuempel
Thompson
Edwards
Laney
Truitt
Eiland
Laubenberg
Turner
Eissler
Lewis
Uresti
Elkins
Luna
Van Arsdale
Ellis
Mabry
Villarreal
Farabee
Madden
West
Farrar
Marchant
Wilson
Flores
Martinez Fischer
Wise
Flynn
McCall
Wohlgemuth
Gallego
McClendon
Wolens
Garza
McReynolds
Wong
Gattis
Menendez
Woolley
Geren
Mercer
Zedler
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 62 was adopted by the House on
February 25, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 62 was adopted by the Senate on
February 25, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor