MS SC643

Commends and congratulates the Olive Branch High School "Lady Quistors" basketball team and Coach Jason Thompson for winning the Mississippi High School Activities Association 5A State Championship on March 8, 2019.

Olive Branch defeated West Jones 61-48 in the championship game with a 29-4 record, with MVP Endya Buford scoring 36 points and the team forcing 18 turnovers on defense.

Lists the 16-member championship roster including players such as Endya Buford (PG), Jasmine Howard (C), and Trinity Pleas (PG), along with Coach Jason Thompson.

Notes this was Olive Branch's last appearance as a 5A school, as the program will move up to the 6A classification for the following season.

Directs presentation of the resolution to Coach Thompson and Principal Jacob Stripling, with copies forwarded to the DeSoto County Board of Education and Capitol Press Corps.