ENROLLED SENATE
RESOLUTION NO. 119	By:	Johnson (Constance), Adelson, Aldridge, Anderson, Ballenger, Barrington, Bass, Bingman, Branan, Brogdon, Brown, Burrage, Coates, Coffee, Corn, Crain, Crutchfield, Easley, Eason McIntyre, Ellis, Ford, Garrison, Gumm, Halligan, Ivester, Johnson (Mike), Jolley, Justice, Lamb, Laster, Leftwich, Lerblance, Marlatt, Mazzei, Myers, Newberry, Nichols, Paddack, Reynolds, Rice, Russell, Schulz, Sparks, Stanislawski, Sweeden, Sykes, Wilson and Wyrick

A Resolution praising and congratulating the Star Spencer Bobcats for winning the 2009 Class 4A State Football Championship; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, the Star Spencer High School Bobcats football team ended a fifteen-year drought among Oklahoma City public schools by winning the 2009 4A State Football Championship.  No Oklahoma City public school has won a state football championship since 1995; and

WHEREAS, while the Star Spencer Bobcats experienced a dismal start to their 2009 football season with a disappointing 34-28 loss to a neighboring school, they quickly recovered and went on to achieve an unbeatable eleven-game winning streak that resulted in their season ending with a 12-2 win/loss record and the 2009 Class 4A State Football Championship; and

WHEREAS, the Star Spencer Bobcats have played in the state football semifinals four times in the last ten years, and the Star Spencer Bobcats also hold eight state titles in boys basketball.  Athleticism has long been a critical characteristic and component of their sports programs; and

WHEREAS, the Star Spencer Bobcats defeated the Frederick A. Douglass High School Trojans by a score of 34-21 to win the 2009 Class 4A State Football Championship at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma; and this is the first time that two Oklahoma City public school teams, both from Oklahoma State Senate District 48, have met in a state championship football game.  This is also the first time in fifteen years that an Oklahoma City public school has won a state football championship.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

THAT the Oklahoma State Senate praises and congratulates the Star Spencer High School Bobcats for winning the 2009 Class 4A State Football Championship.

THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to Darrell Hall, Star Spencer High School Bobcats Football Team Coach, and Christopher Gardner, Star Spencer High School Principal.

Adopted by the Senate the 28th day of May, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate