Bill
H 4374
South Carolina House resolution recognizing Military Magnet Academy Lady Eagles for winning the 2025 Class A state championship; ceremonial honors for the team, coaches, and staff.
Status: Introduced and adopted (House resolution)
Primary sponsor: (not specified for this resolution in provided text)
Filed/Introduced: April 23, 2025 (resolution text)
Classification: Ceremonial House resolution
Note on mixed materials: The packet you provided includes two distinct measures conflated under the same docket number — (A) a South Carolina House resolution honoring the Military Magnet Academy girls basketball team, and (B) a Massachusetts bill (filed by Rep. Steven Xiarhos) to name an overpass for U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville. The summary below focuses on the South Carolina resolution (Military Magnet). Let me know if you want a separate summary of the Massachusetts overpass bill.
Purpose and intent
- To officially recognize and honor the Military Magnet Academy (Lady Eagles) girls basketball team, coaches, and school officials for winning the 2025 South Carolina Class A State Championship and to congratulate them for their season and championship performance.
Key provisions and contents
- Recites the championship victory: Military Magnet defeated Lee Central High School 59–40 at the Florence Center on March 6, 2025.
- Records game highlights and individual contributions:
- Da'Nariyah Williams: team-high 18 points and 7 rebounds (including scoring off a steal and a free throw in the third quarter).
- Dream Watson: 16 points, 6 steals, 3 assists, and 10-of-11 free throws.
- Sabri Mitchell: 11 points and 6 rebounds.
- Lauren Willis, Mariah Brown, and Jada Davis: 4 points each (Brown scored all 4 in the fourth quarter).
- Notes team performance details: Military Magnet led 19–14 after Q1, 26–16 at halftime; led 43–27 entering the fourth; forced six turnovers in fourth quarter to help seal the win.
- Praises Head Coach Nathaniel Taylor and his staff for leadership and teaching life principles.
- Official resolution language: The House “recognizes and honors” the team, coaches, and school officials and “congratulates” them for winning the 2025 Class A State Championship.
- Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Dr. Robert L. Perrineau Jr., principal, and Coach Nathaniel Taylor.
Who is affected / impact
- Direct effect is ceremonial and honorary only: the team, coaching staff, school officials, students, and local community are publicly recognized.
- No legal, regulatory, or fiscal changes; no budgetary impact.
Procedural / timeline notes
- Resolution text indicates it was introduced and adopted on April 23, 2025.
- The materials also include separate Massachusetts legislative actions (filings, committee referrals, hearing dates, and sponsor Steven Xiarhos) that appear unrelated to the South Carolina resolution; those procedural entries likely pertain to the overpass designation bill and do not change the ceremonial nature of the Military Magnet resolution.
If you’d like, I can:
- Provide a concise one-paragraph version for a press release;
- Draft a separate summary for the Massachusetts overpass bill (Rep. Xiarhos);
- Or reconcile the docket/action items against the correct measure.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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