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17103435D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 319
Offered January 20, 2017
Commending the Dinwiddie Nationals Coach Pitch All-Stars baseball team.
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Patron-- Aird
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WHEREAS, the Dinwiddie Nationals Coach Pitch All-Stars baseball team won the Dixie Youth Baseball state championship in July 2016; and

WHEREAS, the Dinwiddie Nationals were undefeated in the state tournament, playing against Amelia in the state final, a tense contest that finished in extra innings, with Joseph Davis scoring the winning run off of a great hit by Sam Marable; and

WHEREAS, Wesley Townsend of the Dinwiddie Nationals achieved the highest batting average of the tournament at .714; and

WHEREAS, as state champions, the Dinwiddie Nationals represented Virginia in the Dixie Youth Baseball AA Coach Pitch World Series in Laurel, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, each member of the team—Lucas Gordon, Samuel Marable, Caden Rainey, Tristan Booe, Joseph Davis, Tyler Wilson, Hunter Cunningham, Hunter Lee, Gerald Christopher, Corey Kester, Wesley Townsend, and Matthew Moody—contributed to the state championship victory; and

WHEREAS, the Dinwiddie Nationals’ victory is a tribute to the skill and dedication of the athletes, the leadership and guidance of coaches George Marable III, Billy Rainey, Josh Booe, and manager Hampton Gordon, and the enthusiastic support of the Dinwiddie community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Dinwiddie Nationals Coach Pitch All-Stars baseball team hereby be commended for winning the Dixie Youth Baseball state championship in 2016; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Dinwiddie Nationals Coach Pitch All-Stars baseball team as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the team’s achievements.