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Certificates of Achievement awarded to the Brookline Regional Catholic School girls' basketball team for winning the 2014 Girls' Junior Varsity Diocesan Championship.
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WHEREAS, since 1996, Brookline Regional Catholic (B.R.C.) School has provided a faith-based education to students from St. Piux X, Resurrection, and Our Lady of Loreto, as well as the surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the basketball tradition at Resurrection and Our Lady of Loreto is legendary; these schools produced numerous diocesan and state champions, as well as Olympic gold medalist, Suzie McConnell-Serio; and
WHEREAS, since the school's 1996 merger, no B.R.C. team, in any sport, has won a diocesan championship, until this year; the 2014 B.R.C. girls' junior varsity basketball team swept through the competition and finished as the first undefeated Class B diocesan champion in their school's history; and
WHEREAS, aside from sweeping their section against opponents such as St. Anne's, Madonna Regional Catholic, JFK, Holy Child and St. Sylvester's, this team played a rigorous non-section schedule against Class A diocesan and public schools; B.R.C. obtained wins over Holy Trinity, St. Bernard's, Bethel Park, West Mifflin, perennial powerhouse St. Gabriel's, and also the eventual Class A diocesan champion St. Bonaventure;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Allegheny County Council does hereby congratulate the 2014 Brookline Regional Catholic School girls' junior varsity basketball team for winning the 2014 Pittsburgh Class B Diocesan Girls' Basketball Championship. The team has set a positive example of excellence for all of Allegheny County, continuing evidence that this is the County of Champions.