_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Cathedral
High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, girls basketball team on its Indiana
High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship.
Whereas, On Saturday, March 3, 2001, at Conseco
Fieldhouse, the Cathedral High School Lady Irish girls
basketball team won the Class 3A state championship for the
second consecutive year with a 54 - 39 victory over Plymouth
High School;
Whereas, This year's victory was especially impressive
because the team was without senior forward Jill Corbett
since February 2, when she broke her leg during practice;
Whereas, The Lady Irish are no strangers to the
championship game, having played in the past three final
games in three different buildings: Market Square Arena in
1999, Hinkle Fieldhouse in 2000, and Conseco Fieldhouse in
2001;
Whereas, The 2001 season was the best in the history of the
Lady Irish, who won a school record 29 games;
Whereas, With the 2001 state title, the Lady Irish became
only the seventh team in Indiana girls basketball history to
claim back-to-back state titles;
Whereas, The Lady Irish are a very consistent basketball team, losing only one game in the last 30 starts, and that loss was to Class 4A Highland High School in the City Securities
Hall of Fame Classic;
Whereas, The home court of the Lady Irish is one of the
most difficult places in Indiana for an opponent to visit; the
Lady Irish are undefeated there for three consecutive
seasons, and have an overall three-year record of 83 - 3;
Whereas, For the third consecutive year, the Lady Irish
have won the Indianapolis City Championship and sectional,
regional and semistate championships; and
Whereas, Consistent excellence in any endeavor deserves
the recognition of the citizens of the state of Indiana:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly wishes to
congratulate the Cathedral High School girls basketball team on its
recent Class 3A state championship, to commend the Lady Irish on the
work ethic that led to this victory, and to wish the Lady Irish continued
success in the future.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Lady Irish team
members Chris Halstead, Annie O'Connor, Jennifer Peterson, Lauren
Werner, Jazmin Zinnerman, Julie Malone, Ellen Rehme, Laura
Cheesman, Kathleen Roesinger, Jill Corbett, Jessica Wright, Kara
Allen, Asjah Zinnerman, Kaitlin Vogtner, Sarah Triller, Rachel
Brockman, and Sharika Webb, head coach Linda Bamrick, assistant
coaches Jodi Vaughan, Bob Stocksdale, Laurie O'Brien, Pat Fagan, and
Greg Bamrick, athletic director Denise Farrell, principal Reverend
Patrick J. Kelly, and president Stephen Helmich.