A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING SOUTH VIEW HIGH SCHOOL ON HAVING AN OUTSTANDING GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND HONORING THE MEMORY OF BRENDA JERNIGAN, the team's former coach.

Whereas, Hope Mills' South View High School won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's (NCHSAA) 4‑A Girl's State Championship on March 10, 2007, defeating Greensboro's Grimsley High School by a score of 69‑64, at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill; and
Whereas, South View's Lady Tigers went undefeated during their 2006‑2007 season finishing with an outstanding record of 32‑0, the only varsity basketball team in the State to achieve such a record and the only girl's 4‑A team to go undefeated since playing on neutral sites beginning in 1987; and
Whereas, the Lady Tigers were also named the Two Rivers Conference regular season champions, the Two Rivers Conference Tournament champions, the Wilmington Tournament of Jewels champions; and
Whereas, the Lady Tigers finished the season ranked No. 1 in NCPreps State polls among 4‑A schools and in MaxPreps polls among all schools; and
Whereas, the Lady Tigers have also excelled in the classroom with a cumulative team GPA of 3.1; and
Whereas, the Lady Tigers owe much of their success during their exceptional season to head coach Brent Barker who has amassed a record of 279‑77 in his 13 years at South View; and
Whereas, the achievements of the girl's basketball team at South View High School is a fitting testimonial and memorial to the late Brenda Jernigan, a former outstanding basketball player for Central High School in Cumberland County who served as the former coach for the Lady Tigers leading the team to two State playoff appearances in the 1970s and earning 200 career wins before stepping down as the coach in 1996; and
Whereas, the Lady Tigers' successful basketball program has brought great honor and distinction to the State and deserves recognition; Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

SECTION 1.  The General Assembly congratulates the South View High School Lady Tigers on winning the 2006 NCHSAA 4‑A Girl's State Basketball Championship and recognizes the achievements of the players: Amber Calvin, Nikoll Wilson, Samantha Ramirez, Whitney Jordon, Ta'nele Walker, Tyffani Fenwick, Rakhee Smith, Debrisha Morris, Amanda Morrill, Jasmine Price, Angelica Rodriguez, and Brittany Wade; head coach Brent Barker; assistant coaches Nattlie McArthur and Faye Corbin; manager Twanna Willis; parents; and fans who were instrumental in helping the team succeed.
SECTION 2.  The General Assembly honors the memory of Brenda Jernigan for her contributions to the girl's basketball program at South View High School.
SECTION 3.  The Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the principal, Robert Barnes, of South View High School and to the family of Brenda Jernigan.
SECTION 4.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of April, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives