2023-2024 Bill 3623: Clarendon Hall Softball SCISA championship

House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pedalino, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Carter, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Connell, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Hyde, Jefferson, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, S. Jones, W. Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Leber, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Moore, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, O'Neal, Oremus, Ott, Pace, Pendarvis, Pope, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Schuessler, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Tedder, Thayer, Thigpen, Trantham, Vaughan, Weeks, West, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2023
Adopted by the House on January 12, 2023

Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number
1/12/2023	House	Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 300)

A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE Clarendon Hall VARSITY Softball TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR A REMARKABLE SEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING THE 2022 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CLASS 1a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the members of the Clarendon Hall softball team in Summerton took home the 2022 South Carolina Independent School Association Class 1A State Championship title; and

Whereas, to the delight of their exuberant fans, the Clarendon Lady Saints defeated a fine, competitive Wardlaw Academy 10-6 in the final game of the best-of-three series and completed their stellar season with a 19-2 record and a .448 season batting average; and

Whereas, Clarendon Hall hosted the first game of the championship series in Summerton and defeated the Lady Patriots 15-5 to take a 1-0 series lead; and

Whereas, in game two, the Lady Saints faced off against Wardlaw in Johnston. Well practiced in coming from behind to victory during the regular season, Clarendon was undaunted when the team trailed Wardlaw 5-1 by the end of the fourth inning; and

Whereas, in the fifth inning, Clarendon took a 6-5 lead, and the Lady Patriots answered with a run to tie the score at the bottom of the sixth. In the seventh inning, the Lady Saints put four more runs on the scoreboard to hold the lead, defeat Wardlaw 10-6, and capture the state title in just two games; and

Whereas, Clarendon's Calli Yount was honored as the postseason MVP with an impressive .650 batting average, going 13-20 and driving in fourteen runs. She pitched eight and two-thirds innings and struck out eleven batters; and

Whereas, freshman teammate Mandy Wells posted a .611 batting average, driving in nine runs in the postseason. She pitched fourteen innings and sent fifteen batters back to the bench with strikeouts. She was Clarendon's MVP for the season, as well as the Co-Region Player of the Year, finishing the season with a .649 batting average, nine doubles, three triples, and ten homeruns, and she drove in twenty-nine runs; and

Whereas, other Clarendon 1A Region 2 All-Region team players included the team's second baseman, lone senior, and team leader, McKenley Wells; Colleen McIntosh; Maggie Harrington; and Calli Yount. Mandy and McKenley Wells, Colleen McIntosh, and Maggie Harrington represented Clarendon Hall in the North-South All-Star game; and

Whereas, McKenley Wells and Maggie Harrington were named Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Lacey Corbett was honored as Offensive Player of the Year, and Colleen McIntosh receive Best All Around while Sydney Berry took home the Coaches Award; and

Whereas, in a sport that demands strength, strategy, and speed, Head Coach Jeffrey Bays and his skilled assistant coaches maximized their own athletic ability and training to forge a championship-caliber team and teach these athletes life principals that will endure beyond the diamond; and

Whereas, in his nine years as head coach, Bays has led the Lady Saints to five state championship games with Assistant Coach Billy Carlisle at his side. Two assistant coaches, Shannon Corbett and Gracyn Royce, played for Coach Bays in 2015 when the team won the state championship, and Assistant Coach Bailey Corbett was a former player from the 2021 state runner-up team; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives values the pride and recognition that the Clarendon Hall softball players have brought to their school and their community, and the members look forward to following their continued accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor the Clarendon Hall varsity softball team, coaches, and school officials for a remarkable season and congratulate them for winning the 2022 South Carolina Independent School Association Class 1A State Championship title.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Head of School Russ Jordan and Coach Jeffrey Bays.

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