Session 2000
Effective: April 5, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1839
A Resolution congratulating and commending the Leavenworth High School boys basketball team and Coach Larry Hogan.
� � � WHEREAS,� The Leavenworth High School boys basketball team won
the 2000 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 6A State
Basketball Championship at White Auditorium in Emporia on March 11,
2000, with a thrilling 59-56 victory over Junction City High School; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Leavenworth High School boys basketball team was
also the Sunflower League champion finishing the season with a 23-2
record; and

� � � WHEREAS,� This championship was the first state championship to
be won by the oldest high school in Kansas and climaxes a strong bas-
ketball tradition of 50 years. The team finished second in 1997 and has
been in the state tournament three of the last four years. Four starters
received all state recognition: David Albo, Wayne Simien, Nick Sanders
and Lucious Wagner, and four of the top six players will return next year;
and

� � � WHEREAS,� The entire team is noted for its outstanding scholastic
record. The year 2000 was the fifth consecutive year that Leavenworth
High School has received the Class 6A sportsmanship award with its boys
or girls teams reaching the state semi-finals or finals: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That the Leav-
enworth High School boys basketball team and Coach Hogan be con-
gratulated and commended for winning the 2000 Kansas State High
School Activities Association Class 6A State Basketball Championship;
and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to send five enrolled copies of this resolution to Jim Van Maanen, Prin-
cipal, Leavenworth High School, 2012 Tenth Avenue, Leavenworth, Kan-
sas 66048.

Senate Resolution No. 1839 was sponsored by Senator Donald E. Biggs.