1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly
3 Third Extraordinary Session, 2022 HR 1002
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5 By: Representatives Ladyman, Tosh, Cavenaugh, Rye, B. Smith
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7 HOUSE RESOLUTION
8 TO RECOGNIZE THE JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL HURRICANES
9 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2022 CLASS 5A STATE
10 CHAMPIONS AND THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE CLASS 5A STATE
11 CHAMPIONS.
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14 Subtitle
15 TO RECOGNIZE THE JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
16 HURRICANES BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE
17 2022 CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS AND THE
18 SECOND CONSECUTIVE CLASS 5A STATE
19 CHAMPIONS.
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22 WHEREAS, the 2021-2022 Jonesboro High School Hurricanes boys basketball
23 team netted the Class 5A Boys Basketball State Championship after defeating
24 the Marion High School Patriots boys basketball team with a score of 55-28 at
25 the Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Thursday, March 10, 2022; and
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27 WHEREAS, with this win, the Hurricanes earned their second consecutive
28 championship; and
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30 WHEREAS, the Hurricanes finished the season with a 28-3 record and was
31 ranked as number one (1) overall in the final Arkansas Sports Media poll, as
32 number twenty (20) in the 50-teams MaxPreps national rankings, and as number
33 twenty-two (22) in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 poll; and
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35 WHEREAS, the Hurricanes included Quion Williams, Amarion Wilson, Devin
36 Smith, Deion Buford-Wesson, Kylen Kelly, Devarius Montgomery, John Paul
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1 Pickens, Phillip Tillman, Isaac Harrell, James Blair, Caleb Chew, Chris
2 Stacy, Jesse Washington, Quinshaud Neal, Ty Spicer, Kavon Pointer, Terrance
3 Brown, Markevious Pickett, Kellen Mullins, and EJ Phillips; and
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5 WHEREAS, the Hurricanes were led by Head Coach Wes Swift and Assistant
6 Coaches Sammie Lewis and Kenton Weaver; and
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8 WHEREAS, Head Coach Wes Swift received the Lowell Manning Award for the
9 most outstanding boys coach in any sport across the state for the second time
10 and topped the list of outstanding coaches for the 2021-2022 athletic seasons
11 by the Arkansas High School Coaches Association; and
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13 WHEREAS, Quion Williams, Jesse Washington, and Isaac Harrell made all-
14 state for the 2021-2022 school year; and
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16 WHEREAS, six (6) of the players, Quion Williams, Jesse Washington,
17 Isaac Harrell, Amarion Wilson, Kavon Pointer, and Deion Buford-Wesson, were
18 named all-conference for the year; and
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20 WHEREAS, Quion Williams was named the most valuable player of the Class
21 5A State Tournament,
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23 NOW THEREFORE,
24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
25 ASSEMBLY:
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27 THAT the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Third General Assembly
28 recognize the Jonesboro High School Hurricanes boys basketball team as the
29 2022 Class 5A State Champions and the second consecutive Class 5A state
30 champions.
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32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption of this resolution, a copy be
33 provided to Head Coach Wes Swift and the Jonesboro High School Hurricanes
34 boys basketball team by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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