HCR 251

R-303  Page 1 of 1
2026
No. R-303. House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2026 Lamoille Union
High School Lancers Division II championship boys’ basketball team.
                                        (H.C.R.251)
  Offered by Representatives Boyden of Cambridge, Bailey of Hyde Park, Higley of
Lowell, Marcotte of Coventry, and Noyes of Wolcott
   Offered by Senator Westman
   Whereas, the second-ranked Lamoille Lancers and the top-seeded Hartford Hurricanes
tipped off for the Division II title at the Barre Auditorium, a match of two teams hungry
for a championship, which Hartford had not won since 1929, and although the former
Lamoille Academy won the Division IV boys’ basketball championship in 1963,
Lamoille Union High School had, prior to 2026, never clinched this athletics laurel, and
   Whereas, breaking Hartford’s season-long undefeated streak and defeating the team
that had halted Lamoille’s postseason aspirations in the quarter-final round in both 2024
and 2025 were strong incentives for the Lancers boys, and
   Whereas, a game with greater excitement was not imaginable, as Lamoille secured a
slim 28–27 halftime lead and the teams were tied at 40–all at the fourth quarter’s start,
and, with approximately two and a half minutes of regulation play remaining, the Lancers
pulled ahead 50–49, and the tension-packed final moments concluded with a 56–53
Lancers upset victory, and
   Whereas, the ecstatic Lancers (19–4) were Brayden LaFountain, Graesyn Stridsberg,
Griffin Pinault, Jeremy Demers, Ryan Clark, Colby Hall, Isaac Schroeder, Caleb Wells,
Ryan Germaine, James Wallace, Jackson Hoag, and Nicholas Bothfeld, and
    Whereas, Head Coach Hosea Crittenden, assistant coaches Rick Sansom and Evan
Slayton, athletic trainer Vin Faraci, and student managers Payton Skiffington and Kyrsten
Whitney all savored this historic moment for Lancers boys’ basketball, now
therefore be it
   Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
  That the General Assembly congratulates the 2026 Lamoille Union High School
Lancers Division II championship boys’ basketball team, and be it further
  Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
Lamoille Union High School.
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