HR2058: HR2058 Heritage High School girls basketball team; congratulate

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the Heritage High School girls basketball team from Ringgold, Georgia, for winning the 2026 Region 7AAA Championship and the 2026 State Championship with a 28-4 overall record. The text recognizes individual achievements, including Tori Epps being named State Semifinals and Finals MVP, Paisley Collins earning GACA All-State honors, and head coach Greg Elkins being named Region 7AAA Coach of the Year and GACA/GBCA State Coach of the Year for Class AAA. It also notes that Heritage became the first team in Catoosa County history to win a basketball state championship. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy for distribution to the team as a keepsake of the honor.

• Formally congratulates the Heritage High School girls basketball team for winning the 2026 Region 7AAA and State Championships.
• Names specific players and the coach for individual honors, including MVP awards and Coach of the Year recognitions.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the team.
• Extends the House's best wishes for the team's continued success.

The Heritage High School girls basketball team, its coaching staff, and the school community in Ringgold and Catoosa County, Georgia, who are the subjects of this honorary recognition by the Georgia House of Representatives.

While the resolution has no regulatory or funding effect, it creates an official state record celebrating a local team's achievement, giving the players, coach, and school community formal recognition from the Georgia General Assembly for their championship season.

• The whereas clauses recite the team's 28-4 record, region and state championship wins, and individual player and coach honors.
• The first resolved clause formally congratulates the team on its 2026 Region 7AAA and State Championship titles.
• The second resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to the team.

1. 2026-03-31House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-31House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-31House Hopper (House)

• Steve Tarvin (R, HD-002)Primary sponsor
• Mitchell Horner (R, HD-003)

• high school sports
• girls basketball
• Catoosa County
• legislative honors