MS SC617

Commends and congratulates the H.W. Byers High School "Lady Lions" girls basketball team for winning their second consecutive MHSAA Class 1A State Championship on March 2, 2012

Team defeated Coldwater with a final score of 74-69, with Alexis Hardaway named Most Valuable Player with 24 points

H.W. Byers has won four state championships in five years (2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012), competing in Class 2A for the first two titles and Class 1A for the last two

Recognizes Head Coach Jason Thompson, who built the program over 11 years from struggling beginnings into a championship dynasty

Resolution to be presented to Coach Thompson and H.W. Byers High School Principal Sonya Cross, forwarded to the Marshall County Board of Education