Bill Text: VA HR376 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Salem High School football team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-10 - Bill text as passed House (HR376ER) [HR376 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HR376-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, the Salem High School football team continued to dominate the Group 4A gridiron in 2016, by winning their second consecutive and eighth overall Virginia High School League state championship trophy; and
WHEREAS, the Salem High School Spartans defeated the previously unbeaten Dinwiddie High School Generals 31 - 27 in a thrilling four-quarter battle on December 10, 2016, in Williamsburg; and
WHEREAS, Salem Spartans senior fullback Riley Fox scored the game-winning touchdown on a fourth-and-1 call with 50 seconds left in the game, capping an amazing 80-yard drive that featured 16 plays and lasted eight and a half minutes; and
WHEREAS, Salem Spartans senior quarterback Noah Beckley kept the winning drive alive with a fourth-down, scrambling, tackle-breaking, pinballing 1-yard gain that will go down in Salem High School football history as one of the greatest clutch plays ever; and
WHEREAS, senior quarterback Noah Beckley completed 20 of 24 passes for 254 total yards and two touchdowns and helped the team convert 11 of 15 third downs in the game; and
WHEREAS, junior receiver Viante Tucker caught eight passes for 141 yards and the Salem Spartans' offense ended the game with 477 total yards; and
WHEREAS, Noah Beckley, Josie Staples, Viante Tucker, Nate Craft, and Riley Fox were named to the VHSL Group 4A All-State football team, and Noah Beckley and Riley Fox won Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors, respectively; and
WHEREAS, all members of the Salem Spartans team contributed to the championship victory and outstanding season through their hard work and dedication to excellence both on the field and off ; and
WHEREAS, the Salem Spartans' ended the 2016 season with a 13 - 1 record, and the championship victory marked the 41st win in the last three years for the team, making the Spartans an astounding 64 - 6 over the last five seasons; and
WHEREAS, the Salem Spartans football team dominate their opponents on the field under the leadership of coach Stephen Magenbauer, the VHSL Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2016, who produces a team of great players year after year and has now won four state championships during his 13-year tenure at Salem High School; and
WHEREAS, Salem High School has won state football championships in 1996, 1998-2000, 2004, 2005, 2015, and 2016; the Salem Spartans could not have won their most recent back-to-back titles without the unconditional support of the school's committed student body, faculty and staff, and the intensity and passion of their fans in the greater Salem community; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Salem High School football team hereby be commended on winning their second consecutive and eighth overall Virginia High School League Group 4A state championship in 2016; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Stephen Magenbauer, coach of the Salem High School football team, as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the team's significant accomplishments as a top football powerhouse in the Commonwealth.