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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 118 Offered January 22, 2004 Commending the John Handley High School boys' tennis team. ----------
Patrons-- Potts, Bell, Blevins, Bolling, Chichester, Colgan, Deeds, Devolites, Edwards, Hanger, Hawkins, Houck, Howell, Lambert, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, Martin, Miller, Mims, Newman, Norment, O'Brien, Obenshain, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Rerras, Reynolds, Ruff, Saslaw, Stolle, Stosch, Ticer, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins, Whipple and Williams
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WHEREAS, the 2003 boys' tennis team from John Handley High School in Winchester captured the Virginia High School League Group AA state tennis championship for the second time in three years; and

WHEREAS, on its way to a 18–1 season, the Handley boys' tennis team won the Northwestern District and Region II titles; and

WHEREAS, in the state semifinal match, the Handley team defeated Blacksburg High School, 5–0, to advance to the finals against York High School; and

WHEREAS, in the finals as in so many other matches of the 2003 season, the highly talented Handley team soundly defeated, without losing a set, the York team by the score of 5–0; and

WHEREAS, the Handley tennis team was led by three-time state singles champion Matthew Stillwagon and the three-time state champion doubles team of Matthew Stillwagon and Ethan Hicks; and

WHEREAS, also contributing to John Handley's state title were Brad Stillwagon, Sloan Kuykendall, Robert Adams, and Daniel Gardiner; and

WHEREAS, John Handley's state championship tennis team, coached by James Robertson and Dwight Carpenter, demonstrated intensity, teamwork, and overwhelming athletic ability throughout an extraordinary 2003 season; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly commend and congratulate the boys' tennis team from John Handley High School on its 2003 Group AA state championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Head Coach James Robertson in honor of the championship performance of the John Handley High School boys' tennis team.