Bill Text: TX SR230 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Gunter High School football team for winning the 2022 UIL 3A Division 2 state championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [SR230 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR230-Enrolled.html
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, The Gunter High School football team continued | ||
| its proud tradition of success by winning the 2022 University | ||
| Interscholastic League 3A Division 2 state championship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ranked No. 1 to start the year, the Tigers lived | ||
| up to that billing, dominating their regular-season foes to take | ||
| an unbeaten record into the playoffs; after securing victories | ||
| over Trinity Leadership Cedar Hill and Jacksboro and Palmer High | ||
| Schools, Gunter dispatched Holliday High 31-7 in the state | ||
| quarterfinals; in the semifinals, the Tigers bested Canadian | ||
| 21-20 to earn a repeat trip to the state title game and their | ||
| fifth finals appearance over the past seven seasons; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Competing at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on | ||
| December 15, Gunter and Poth High School faced off in a battle of | ||
| undefeated teams; the Tigers took control from the outset, going | ||
| up 21-0 at halftime and extending their advantage in the second | ||
| half; triumphing by the final score of 42-7, the team's players | ||
| hoisted the championship trophy for the third time in program | ||
| history, adding to the crowns the school collected in 2016 and | ||
| 2019; Gunter closed 2022 with a perfect record of 16 wins and no | ||
| losses; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Gunter was paced by Ashton Bennett, who ran for | ||
| two scores to earn the Offensive Most Valuable Player honor; | ||
| teammate Colin Peacock produced 4 1/2 tackles and an interception | ||
| to become the Defensive MVP; the team also received valuable | ||
| contributions throughout the year from the other members of the | ||
| roster, and these talented student-athletes were ably guided by | ||
| head coach Jake Fieszel and his staff; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Winning a state championship is a daunting task | ||
| that requires countless hours of hard work and an unwavering | ||
| commitment to excellence, and the Gunter Tigers may take | ||
| justifiable pride in their accomplishments on the gridiron; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate the Gunter High School football | ||
| team on winning the 2022 UIL 3A Division 2 state championship and | ||
| extend to the team's players, coaches, and staff sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the team as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 28, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
