HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.2007-4662, by Representative Buri

     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team won the State A Girls' Basketball Title on Saturday, March 3, 2007; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team has won the State A Girls' Basketball Title for the past four years; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team has consisted of the same group of girls for the past four years showing a very strong girls' basketball program; and
     WHEREAS, Coach Corey Baerlocher has been the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Coach for five years; and
     WHEREAS, Coach Corey Baerlocher has led the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team to win the State A Girls' Basketball Title for the past four consecutive years; and
     WHEREAS, Several members of the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team also play on the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Volleyball Team, which has won the State A Girls' Volleyball Title for three consecutive years so that some of these team members have won a combined seven State A Titles; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax fans have a practice not to sit down in a game until the girls score; and
     WHEREAS, At the end of the first quarter, the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team was scoreless at 0-10 and the fans remained standing until the start of the second quarter, when they finally scored; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team did not lead during the game until 23 seconds remained in the fourth quarter, when they ended up winning the game by four points; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team has been quoted as having three "deadly combinations" that enabled them to win four consecutive titles: (1) Super talent, (2) ice in their veins - the girls are "unflappable" under pressure, and (3) hard work - the girls are engaged in a sport year round between playing basketball, volleyball, softball, or track; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Members' winning combination of exceptional skill, extraordinary focus, tireless effort, and overall dedication has resulted in such incomparable achievements; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Members have been quoted as being the "most dominate group of athletes (male or female) in Colfax, ever"; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team set a record this year by becoming the first team in any sport in state history to win a state championship four years in a row; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Members are Megan Teade, Sadie Lazzarini, Jordan Harazin, Shana Largent, Elise Markley, Traci Hart, Lauren Mellor, Colleen Paulson, Kinsey Doering, Heidi Morgan, Abby Bruya, and Kylie Shaw; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Cheerleaders Kendayle Anderson, Amber Broeckel, Emily Lange, Cassie Lewis, Alex Mackleit, Lauren Mackleit, A.J. Morgan, and Shelby Morgan, led by Cheer Coach Rhonda Pittman, inspired the team by their energetic and inspiring cheers; and
     WHEREAS, The Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Managers Emily Shaw, Brooke Webber, Shaina Simonsen, and Maggee Cochran kept the team healthy, strong, and fit for each and every game;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State House of Representatives acknowledge and honor the Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team as an example to all Washingtonians of the rewards of commitment and team effort; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Coach Corey Baerlocher, Colfax High School Bulldogs Girls' Basketball Team Members, Colfax High School Athletic Director Mike Morgan, and Colfax High School Principal Gary Weitz.

I hereby certify this to be a true and correct copy of
Resolution 4662 adopted by the House of Representatives
April 14, 2007



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Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk