TITLE: Congratulating the Division 1 and Division 2 lacrosse teams from Highland Park High School on winning Texas High School Lacrosse League state championships.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the Division 1 and Division 2 lacrosse teams from Highland Park High School on winning Texas High School Lacrosse League state championships.

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WHEREAS, The Highland Park High School Division 1 and Division 2 lacrosse teams both captured titles at the 2015 Texas High School Lacrosse League State Championships on May 10, 2015, in Round Rock; and WHEREAS, Guided by head coach Derek Thomson, the Division 1 squad finished the season with an outstanding record of 14 wins and just 3 losses; the team's exciting run through the postseason included a victory against Memorial High School for the super-regional championship and a dominating 15-6 win over Allen High School in the semifinals; matching up against The Woodlands in the title contest, Highland Park took control of the game by scoring three goals in the closing minutes of the first half and adding three more shortly after the intermission; the Scots employed a sound defensive strategy the rest of the way to secure a 10-4 triumph and the school's sixth lacrosse championship; and WHEREAS, Highland Park's Division 2 team compiled an equally impressive 15-3 overall record in 2015 on their way to the state title; the Scots began the playoffs by defeating Greenhill and Magnolia High Schools before clinching the super-regional title with a 12-6 victory over the Texas Military Institute-Episcopal School of Texas; Highland Park then took down McKinney High School in the semifinals to earn a spot in the Division 2 finale; with the state crown on the line, the team turned in a clutch performance against Colleyville High School, building an early lead and then putting the game away with seven goals in the final quarter to claim the state championship; and WHEREAS, With the immense success of both teams in 2015, Highland Park has become only the third lacrosse program in THSLL history to win the Division 1 and Division 2 titles in the same season; and WHEREAS, The talented lacrosse athletes from Highland Park High School have demonstrated the skill and dedication of true champions, and they may take great pride in their exceptional achievements; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the Highland Park High School Division 1 and Division 2 lacrosse teams on winning 2015 Texas High School Lacrosse League state championships and extend to the players and coaches sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the teams as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Meyer Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba Fletcher Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2823 was adopted by the House on May 15, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House