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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE ST. MARY ACADEMY-BAY VIEW GIRLS' BASKETBALL

TEAM ON WINNING THE 2015 RHODE ISLAND GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Conley, Walaska, Felag, and DaPonte

     Date Introduced: May 14, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, The St. Mary Academy-Bay View Girls' Basketball Team played their best

basketball at the right time of the season and won the 2015 Rhode Island Girls Basketball State

Tournament Championship, their first basketball title in nine years; and

     WHEREAS, Bay View entered this year’s tournament as the second-seeded squad after

compiling an outstanding regular season record. In the first game of the Tournament, they

dominated Mt. St. Charles, winning easily by the score of 70 to 39. After dispatching Coventry by

the score of 58 to 40, Bay View faced St. Raphael in the Final Four, with the winner advancing to

the State Championship game. In a hard-fought contest, the Bengals came back from a two-point

halftime deficit to defeat St. Raphael 55 to 52 and win the right to face their arch-rival, La Salle,

for the State Championship; and

     WHEREAS, Trailing by seven points at halftime in the championship game, Bay View

came out storming in the second half, using an aggressive defense to lead a 15 to 4 run early in

the second half that eventually led to them pulling away from La Salle and winning in dominating

fashion by the score of 54 to 39. Bay View's stifling defense stopped any La Salle player from

scoring in double digits while Bay View benefited from a deep and diverse roster as they had ten

players who scored double-digit points; and

     WHEREAS, Winning a State Championship in a team sport requires that every member

of the team be one hundred percent committed to accomplishing team goals, even if that comes at

the expense of individual accomplishments. St. Mary Academy-Bay View has those kinds of

players in abundance as they benefitted all season by the contributions given from players Jazlyn

Contreras, Rylee Leonard, Blaine Lynch-Gadaleta, Elfreda Hoff, Dyamond Azakpo, Erin Dillon,

Laura Rubino, Alexa Raposa, Olympia Good, Mikaela Lee, Diana Bianco-Riley, Haley LeComte,

Dakota Grenier, Malaina Emidy, Cassandra Pare, Kathleen Rubino, Sofia Cabral, Maya

Solomon-Messier, Grace Hagberg, Jillian Lee, Ashley Omigie, Francesca Corsinetti, Morgan

Burke, Susanna Mello, and Abigail Burke. Bay View also benefitted from having outstanding

coaching led by Head Coach Doug Haynes and ably aided by Assistant Coaches Kaitlyn Birrell,

Joe Ercolano, and Morgan Kane; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates the St. Mary Academy-Bay View Girls' Basketball Team on winning the

2015 Rhode Island Girls’ Basketball State Tournament Championship; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to St. Mary Academy-Bay View Girls' Basketball

Head Coach Mr. Doug Haynes.

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