# HONORING THE HICKMAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BULLDOG BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR SPECTACULAR 2023-24 SEASON

**Resolution No.** 24-05  
**Adopted** March 25, 2024 · 12 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent  
**Sponsors** Devin Pickard, District 6; Carla Moore, District 6; and the remaining commissioners as listed in the minutes

WHEREAS, the 2023-24 Hickman County High School Boys' Bulldog Basketball Team completed the most remarkable sports achievement in the history of our county by finishing with a 22-10 season becoming TSSAA Class AA Sub-State Champions and garnering a first-round berth at the TSSAA State Tournament in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and

WHEREAS, included in this glorious season was a District 11AA Regular Season Championship, a Region 6AA Championship, a Sectional Championship in front of a boisterous gym at HCHS, the naming of 3 All District players, the District Regular Season MVP Elisha Puckett, and the naming of 3 All-Region players including MVP Elisha Puckett;

WHEREAS, along the way of this incredible journey the Bulldogs have united Hickman Countians everywhere in love and admiration for our young champions, and they have demonstrated to all of us, young and old alike, what good things can come to those who set high goals, plan ahead, work tirelessly and execute flawlessly; and

WHEREAS, in the long history of Boys' Basketball in Hickman County, as generations of young men have succeeded under the tutelage of such great coaches as Sisco, True, Wallace, Dodge, Brown, Qualls, Smithson, and Puckett, these boys of Coach Chris Dawson, Coach D.J. Key, and Coach Dray Mercer have advanced as far as any group of their legendary brothers who had preceded them;

WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that time be taken on behalf of everyone in Hickman County to thank and congratulate these young men, their coaches, and supporters for a memorable and historic season;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Hickman County Legislative Body, meeting in regular session this 25th day of March 2024, that our voice is hereby added to the rising cheers of pride and gratitude to all who have had a part in this magical time in the lives of this team. We congratulate all of the coaches and managers who guided them, the trainers who assisted them, their parents and friends who have supported them, the great crowd of fans who, in truth, became a vital part of the team itself, but especially do we congratulate the men themselves whose names will ever live in the hearts of those who love Hickman County and her people whom they have so nobly represented.

**THE TEAM** — Kole Hellmann, Tyler Stacks, Kris Stinnett, Charlie Blystad, Braydon Fowlkes, Elisha Puckett, Atticus Lane, Evan Mathis, Will McDonald, Tyler McKennon, Tim Puckett, Dylan Qualls, Brody Worley, Bradyn Brown, Andy Craft, Dane Gilbert, Taylor Hutchinson, Eli Raymer, and Kylan Seale;

**THE COACHES** — Chris Dawson, DJ Key, Dray Mercer;

**THE MANAGERS** — Aaliyah Brown and Hannah Irwin;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall be spread upon the minutes of the Hickman County Legislative Body as a lasting tribute to these fine athletes and Hickman County Ambassadors.

HONORING THE HICKMAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BULLDOG BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR SPECTACULAR 2023-24 SEASON

Resolution No. 24-05
Adopted March 25, 2024 · 12 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent
Sponsors Devin Pickard, District 6; Carla Moore, District 6; and the remaining commissioners as listed in the minutes

WHEREAS, the 2023-24 Hickman County High School Boys' Bulldog Basketball Team completed the most remarkable sports achievement in the history of our county by finishing with a 22-10 season becoming TSSAA Class AA Sub-State Champions and garnering a first-round berth at the TSSAA State Tournament in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and

WHEREAS, included in this glorious season was a District 11AA Regular Season Championship, a Region 6AA Championship, a Sectional Championship in front of a boisterous gym at HCHS, the naming of 3 All District players, the District Regular Season MVP Elisha Puckett, and the naming of 3 All-Region players including MVP Elisha Puckett;

WHEREAS, along the way of this incredible journey the Bulldogs have united Hickman Countians everywhere in love and admiration for our young champions, and they have demonstrated to all of us, young and old alike, what good things can come to those who set high goals, plan ahead, work tirelessly and execute flawlessly; and

WHEREAS, in the long history of Boys' Basketball in Hickman County, as generations of young men have succeeded under the tutelage of such great coaches as Sisco, True, Wallace, Dodge, Brown, Qualls, Smithson, and Puckett, these boys of Coach Chris Dawson, Coach D.J. Key, and Coach Dray Mercer have advanced as far as any group of their legendary brothers who had preceded them;

WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that time be taken on behalf of everyone in Hickman County to thank and congratulate these young men, their coaches, and supporters for a memorable and historic season;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Hickman County Legislative Body, meeting in regular session this 25th day of March 2024, that our voice is hereby added to the rising cheers of pride and gratitude to all who have had a part in this magical time in the lives of this team. We congratulate all of the coaches and managers who guided them, the trainers who assisted them, their parents and friends who have supported them, the great crowd of fans who, in truth, became a vital part of the team itself, but especially do we congratulate the men themselves whose names will ever live in the hearts of those who love Hickman County and her people whom they have so nobly represented.

THE TEAM — Kole Hellmann, Tyler Stacks, Kris Stinnett, Charlie Blystad, Braydon Fowlkes, Elisha Puckett, Atticus Lane, Evan Mathis, Will McDonald, Tyler McKennon, Tim Puckett, Dylan Qualls, Brody Worley, Bradyn Brown, Andy Craft, Dane Gilbert, Taylor Hutchinson, Eli Raymer, and Kylan Seale;

THE COACHES — Chris Dawson, DJ Key, Dray Mercer;

THE MANAGERS — Aaliyah Brown and Hannah Irwin;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall be spread upon the minutes of the Hickman County Legislative Body as a lasting tribute to these fine athletes and Hickman County Ambassadors.