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                                   ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
                                           SECOND SESSION
                      LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 486
Introduced by Meyer, G., 17; Andersen, 49; Clements, 2; Clouse, 37; DeKay, 40;
              Dorn, 30; Guereca, 7; Hallstrom, 1; Hardin, 48; Murman, 38;
              Prokop, 27; Quick, 35; Storm, 23.
       WHEREAS, the 2026 Nebraska School Activities Association Class C-2 Girls
State Basketball Championship was held on March 7, 2026, at Bob Devaney Sports
Center in Lincoln, Nebraska; and
       WHEREAS, the Pender Lady Pendragons defeated the unbeaten Elkhorn Valley
Falcons in the championship game with a score of 63 to 48; and
       WHEREAS, Hadley Walsh was the team's leading scorer against Elkhorn Valley
with    twenty-five       points    and   was    perfect    at   the    free   throw    line    for    the
tournament, making 20 out of 20; and
       WHEREAS,     Madalyn      Dolliver,      scored    twenty-four     points      against    Elkhorn
Valley, including sinking a total of seven three-point baskets, which tied the
Class C-2 state tournament record; and
       WHEREAS, the Pender Lady Pendragons won the girls state basketball Class
C-2 championship in 2023, the Class D-1 championship in 2024, the Class D-1
championship in 2025, and the Class C-2 championship in 2026; and
       WHEREAS, the Pender Lady Pendragons became the first team in Nebraska
history     to      win   four     straight      state     championships       spanning        over     two
classifications.
       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
       1.   That    the   Legislature     congratulates       the   Pender     Lady    Pendragons       for
winning the 2026 Nebraska School Activities Association Class C-2 Girls State
Basketball Championship title and for winning four straight girls basketball
championship titles spanning over two classifications.
       2. That the Legislature celebrates the excellent coaching skills of Jason
Dolliver,     for    leading     the   Pender     Lady     Pendragons    to    four    straight       state
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tournament championships.
    3.   That   copies   of   this   legislative   resolution   shall   be   sent   to   Luke
Hoffman, the principal of Pender Secondary School, and to Jason Dolliver, the
coach of the girls basketball team.
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