Bill Text: MS HR58 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Oxford High School Chargers Football Team; commend for winning first-ever Class 6A State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-05 - Enrolled Bill Signed [HR58 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HR58-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative Deweese
House Resolution 58
(As Adopted by House)
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL CHARGERS FOOTBALL TEAM AND HEAD COACH CHRIS CUTCLIFFE FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHEREAS, the Oxford High School Chargers Football Team (14-1) had the most impressive run to a 2019 state title season, defeating Starkville High School and South Panola High School before making it to the championship game when those two teams were ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the final Super 10 rankings of the regular season, and Oxford held them to a combined 23 points; and
WHEREAS, in the Class 6A State Championship Game, the Chargers overcame a 21-3 halftime deficit to defeat Oak Grove 31-21 for their first-ever state title when J.J. Pegues took over in the second half and finished with three catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns and 34 rushing yards, and he also got the game-clinching sack on fourth down late in the fourth quarter; and
WHEREAS, state championship celebrations are usually scenes of pandemonium, and this one might have been at another level as players cried and hugged each other as a fan base hungry for a state title stormed the field, shirtless male students ran around with white flags emblazoned with Oxford letters and the emotion from all those losses poured into one night like Gatorade on a triumphant head coach; and
WHEREAS, in this case, the head coach was Chris Cutcliffe, and amid the celebration, he shared a hug with his father, David, the head football coach at Duke University, stating "Honestly, it was so chaotic I didn't know what was going on. There were people coming from everywhere. I think it just means so much to our community to win the first one for Oxford."; and
WHEREAS, Coach Cutcliffe made sure Babyde Pegues and quarterback, John Meagher, got plenty of touches in the second half, and the duo made the most of them, beginning when on their first drive of the second half, Pegues reeled in a 62-yard touchdown catch over the middle, and just like that, the comeback was on with Oxford scoring 28 unanswered points to take the lead over Oak Grove, Pegues finishing with three catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns and 34 rushing yards, and Meagher throwing for 110 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 152 yards and two touchdowns; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Oxford High School Chargers Championship Football Team roster was the following: Babyde Pegues, Javian Gipson-Holmes, Trip Maxwell, Byron Pearson, J.J. Pegues, Tristan Shorter, Scott Norphlet, Jeremiah Pomerlee, Ashur Hickinbottom, Dude Person, Jalen Egerson, Michael Harvey, William Pollard, Roman Gregory, Jon Michael Douglas, John Meagher, Aubrey Bishop, Jalen Webb, Matt Sparks, Lucas McKeown, Jack Gililland, K.J. Wadley, Crawford Adams, E.J. Wadley, Webb Murphey, Omar Howell, Kortlen Wilfawn, Cam McJunkins, Jacob Rousseau, Kylin Dukes, Chris Herring, Jack Tannehill, Hayden Moore, Xavier Walton, Christian Blake, Tracy Harris, Kiyon Williams, Ja'darius Manning, Jamarious White, Cedric Burrell, Clay Cromwell, Jamal Giles, A.J. Toliver, Spencer Morgan, D.J. Gibson, Keegan Wilfawn, Walter Dennis, Gray McKellar, Montavious Wilson, Ethan Buschlen, Connor Bradley, Bryson Barksdale, David Kendrick, Demonte Mitchell, Denazah Polingo, Efren Rivera, Eli Solinger, Bryce Mullen, Stratton Smith, Tyler Smith, Josiah Bird, Kylan Tumblin, Tucker Cook, Jamarri Sims, Ryder Hayden, Alex Sanford, Joseph Davis, Hayes Buchanan, Charles Douglas, Josh Neilson, Cade Gray, Hunter Beard, Brooks Williams, Logan Thompson, Jamal Pegues, Dekyren Johnson, Aidan Goulding, Jay Wortham, John Noel, Henry Moss, Trynten Brannon, Austin Smith, Johnathan Elliot, Alec Vaughn, Baylor Savage, Rush Harmon, Archer Murphey, C.J. Clash, O'Mah Jones, Daedae Gross, Ke'xavier Chapman, Malique Brewer, Josh Zuniga and James Coleman; and Head Coach Chris Cutcliffe; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the House of Representatives to recognize this group of championship student athletes who have brought honor to their school, their community and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby commend and congratulate the Oxford High School Chargers Football Team and Head Coach Chris Cutcliffe for their first-ever Class 6A State Championship and extend to the team, coaches, parents and sponsors best wishes for continued success in all of their future endeavors.
Be it further resolved, That copies of this resolution be furnished to Head Coach Chris Cutcliffe, Oxford High School Principal Noah Hamilton, the Oxford School Board and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.
