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79S30759 JHS-D
By: Veasey H.R. No. 229
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Fort Worth Dunbar High School boys' basketball
team achieved an admirable level of success by reaching the
2005-2006 District 4A state championship finals; and
WHEREAS, After soundly defeating San Antonio Brackenridge
95-66 in the state semifinal, the 33-5 Flying Wildcats fell to the
formidable Dallas South Oak Cliff High School team 76-58 in the
championship game; and
WHEREAS, This successful season marks an exciting beginning
to a promising career for the Wildcats' first-year head coach,
Robert Hughes, Jr.; assisted by coaches Wendell Ivory, John Jacks,
and Charles Hickman, Coach Hughes did an exceptional job schooling
his young charges in the finer points of the game while instilling
in them the values of hard work, dedication, and good
sportsmanship; and
WHEREAS, Contributing to this outstanding season were
Cortney Hill, DeAndre Brown, Ira Spriggs, Mike Albert, Brandon
Criss, James Davidson, Donald Broughton, Horace Hicks, Chris
Roberts, Kevin Gilliam, Nathan Murray, Craig Turner, DeJuan
Freeman, Marqus Fitchett, and Darolus Jones; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Dunbar basketball squad have
proven that they have the talent and commitment to compete at the
highest level, and they are a source of tremendous pride to all
their supporters in the Fort Worth community; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Fort Worth
Dunbar Flying Wildcats basketball team on their impressive state
finals appearance and extend sincere best wishes to Coach Hughes,
his players, and the many individuals who contributed to the team's
success; 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.