MS SC593

Commends and congratulates the H.W. Byers High School "Lady Lions" Girls Basketball Team and Coach Jason Thompson for winning their third consecutive Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A State Championship on March 7, 2013

The Lady Lions defeated Hinds Agricultural High School 63-41 at the Mississippi Coliseum, finishing the season with a 28-5 record and ranked No. 1 all season in Class 1A

H.W. Byers has won five state championships in the past six years (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013), with the first two in Class 2A and the last three in Class 1A

Justice Martin led the team with 15 points and 7 rebounds, with key contributions from Richenda Crutcher (12 points), Abria Gulledge (10 points), and other team members including Madison McCreless who played despite a broken foot

Resolution directs that the recognition be presented to Coach Jason Thompson and Principal Sonya Cross, forwarded to the Marshall County Board of Education, and provided to the Capitol Press Corps