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To Recognize and Celebrate the 2018-19 South High School Boys Basketball Team for Winning the City League Championship and Representing the City of Columbus in the OHSAA State Tournament.
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WHEREAS, Coach Ramon Spears and the South High School Bulldogs ended their season 28-2 as the Division II State Runners-up on March 23, 2019 at Value City Arena on the campus of The Ohio State University after playing in the school’s first State Championship Game since 1986; and
WHEREAS, the Bulldogs collected post-season tournament wins over Northland for the City League Championship, and Olentangy Berlin, Marion-Franklin, Bexley, Bishop Watterson, Norwalk, and Lima Shawnee to capture their first Regional title in school history, before defeating Thornville Sheridan in the State Semifinal game; and
WHEREAS, the 2018-19 Bulldogs finished 28-2 securing the most wins in a single season in school history and becoming the first team to play 30 games in a single season, winning the school’s 19th City League Championship, earning back-to-back District titles, the third under Coach Spears and 11th in school history; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is proud of the 2018-19 South High School Bulldogs: Seniors, Treohn Watkins, Alvin Byrd, Kaseim Morris-Pace; Juniors: Marcus Johnson, Sam Barton, Trevell Adams, Chaz Thomas, Taquan Simington; and Sophomores: Marquis Hawthorne, Maurice Barnes, Shemar Lindsey, and Coach Ramon Spears for continuing the winning tradition of Columbus City Schools; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate the 2018-19 Columbus South Boys Basketball Team for winning the Columbus City League Championship and representing the City of Columbus in the Division II State Championship Game.