Vermont HCR 275: House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Mt. Mansfield Union High School Cougars on winning a third consecutive Division II girls’ tennis championship

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2026

VT LEG #389333 v.1
No. R-333. House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2025 Mt. Mansfield
Union High School Cougars on winning a third consecutive Division II girls’ tennis
championship.
(H.C.R.275)
Offered by Representatives Graning of Jericho, Brown of Richmond, Squirrell of
Underhill, Stevens of Waterbury, and Wood of Waterbury
Offered by Senators Chittenden, Lyons and Ram Hinsdale
Whereas, girls’ tennis at Mt. Mansfield Union High School (MMU) has earned the
admiration of the sport’s fans, as the Cougars embarked on the 2025 season as the two-
time defending Division II champions, and
Whereas, in 2025, with many of the prior seasons’ players now seniors, they were
hoping to conclude their high school tennis careers as the still-reigning champions, and
Whereas, MMU securing the top seed for the 2025 postseason play was indicative of
the team’s caliber and potential for achieving the Cougars’ aspirations, and
Whereas, after emerging victorious in each of the tournament’s pre-championship
rounds, the Cougars faced the second-ranked Burr and Burton Academy Bulldogs for the
2025 honors, and
Whereas, the Cougars’ superiority on the netted court was brilliantly displayed in their
overwhelming 5–2 championship match victory, and
Whereas, Cougars Ava Poehlmann, Bea Molson, Blake Loeffler, Estelle First, Juniper
Galvani, Lila Bisset, Liliana Carrick, Maddie Clark, Molly Fitzpatrick, Nefeli Bitou, Nia
Tsvetanska, Phoebe Farr, Piper Krull, Rafi Ayrapetian Floyd, Rosa Ricketson, and Sara
Butler played in unison to meet their common objective, and
Whereas, Head Coach Maggie Fitzgerald and assistant coaches Michael Graning and
Edye Graning inspired the Cougars to maximize their efforts, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly congratulates the 2025 Mt. Mansfield Union High School
Cougars on winning a third consecutive Division II girls’ tennis championship, and be it
further
Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
Mt. Mansfield Union High School.