March 28, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the achievements of the Mammoth Spring High School Boys' Basketball Team. This season the Bears went 36 and 7 and claimed Arkansas's Class 1A State Championship Trophy after defeating the Sacred Heart Rebels by a score of 42 to 39. This is the first-ever State Championship victory for the Boys' Basketball Team and is a great source of pride for the Mammoth Spring community. I would like to commend Head Coach Jeremy Cude for leading his team to a state championship. Additionally, I would like to recognize players Mason Brown, Seth Brown, Joby Busch, Wayne Coffey, Houston Cooper, Craig Hoover, J.D. Major, Tyler Mullins, Josh Parker, Ryan Roberson, Cortley Rutledge, Dylan Skaggs, A.J. Smith, Matt Turnbough, and Garrett Wooldridge for the leadership they have shown. Great accomplishments like a State Championship do not happen without much dedication. The Mammoth Spring Bears and Coach Cude have put Mammoth Spring on the map and brought a great deal of pride to their community. Now that the Boys' Basketball Team has brought a state championship trophy home to Mammoth Spring, I have no doubt that the players will set new, even higher goals to achieve. Congratulations once again to the Bears and the entire Mammoth Spring Community for your State Championship Victory.