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.