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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 545
Commending the Virginia High School baseball team.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 23, 2014

 

WHEREAS, the Virginia High School baseball team won the Virginia High School League Group 2A state championship on June 14, 2014, at Radford University; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia High School Bearcats from Bristol defeated the Strasburg High School Rams 7 - 2 to secure the team’s first state title since 1996, a game that also ended with a score of 7 - 2; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia High School Bearcats secured the championship with precision pitching, outstanding defense, and a strong team batting average; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia High School Bearcats’ championship victory capped an impressive 25 - 4 season and a dominating playoff run; the team outscored the opposition 74 - 7 in seven playoff games, never trailing; and

WHEREAS, Mark Daniels led the team to his second state title as head coach with able leadership and support from Andrew Belcher, Jeff Davidson, Randy Hodge, Carlos Lee, CJ Lee, Landon Lee, Adam Moore, Frankie Smith, and James Sword; and

WHEREAS, each of the players—Justin Brown, Ben Couch, Austin Daniels, Chandler Daniels, Chandler Davis, Noah Dowell, Alex Griffith, Daulton Horne, Austin Kiser, Jordan Lambert, Zach Lilly, Clay Malcolm, Ty McReynolds, Austin Miles, Chris Stine, Michael Watkins, and Marquis Williams—contributed to the win; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Virginia High School baseball team hereby be commended on winning the 2014 Virginia High School League Group 2A state championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Mark Daniels, head coach of the Virginia High School baseball team, as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the team’s skill and dedication.