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2014 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 23
Commending the Tidewater Academy baseball team.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 17, 2014

 

WHEREAS, the Tidewater Academy baseball team ended a winning season by capturing the 2013 Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 3 state championship; and

WHEREAS, the Tidewater Academy baseball team finished the regular season ranked number four in the Division 3 poll and defeated Kenston Forest School and Isle of Wight Academy to advance to the state championship final; and

WHEREAS, the Tidewater Academy baseball team faced Fuqua School for the state title before an enthusiastic crowd at Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights; and

WHEREAS, the Tidewater Academy baseball team was led by pitcher Hunter Haywood, who kept Fuqua School scoreless over seven innings, striking out nine and allowing only two hits; and

WHEREAS, the Tidewater Academy baseball team scored three runs to take home the state championship title, the first for the team in the school’s history; and

WHEREAS, the triumphant performance of the Tidewater Academy baseball team is a tribute to the talent and hard work of the players, the leadership of head coach Paul Rogers and his staff, and the support of the entire Tidewater Academy community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Tidewater Academy baseball team hereby be commended on winning the 2013 Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 3 state championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Paul Rogers, head coach of the Tidewater Academy baseball team, as an expression of the House of Delegates’ congratulations and admiration for the team’s winning season.