R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The Denton Liberty Christian High School Warriors
1-2 football team has achieved the pinnacle of success by winning the
1-3 inaugural Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
1-4 (TAPPS) Class 4A State Football Championship; and
1-5 WHEREAS, The Warriors started the 1996 campaign by winning
1-6 all of their district games, and the team remained undefeated
1-7 during the playoff series as they grabbed for and seized the brass
1-8 ring of high school football; and
1-9 WHEREAS, With the ultimate prize at stake, Denton Liberty
1-10 Christian faced its second former state champion in as many weeks,
1-11 taking on the 1993 Class 1A titleholder, Dallas Tyler Street
1-12 Christian Academy; the Warriors, however, proved up to the task,
1-13 dominating their opponent 51-0 to claim the coveted state crown;
1-14 and
1-15 WHEREAS, Head Coach Mark Bowles has honed his players' skills
1-16 while instilling in them the unshakeable belief that they could
1-17 capture the first-ever TAPPS Class 4A State Football Championship;
1-18 Coach Bowles has led the Warriors to 12 district championship
1-19 titles in the past 13 years, and during the course of its
1-20 championship season, the team celebrated its 100th victory; and
1-21 WHEREAS, This exemplary group of young men and their coaches
1-22 and staff are a tremendous source of pride for the students and
1-23 faculty of Denton Liberty Christian High School and their many
1-24 supporters in the community, and their exceptional accomplishments
2-1 have rightfully earned them special legislative recognition; now,
2-2 therefore, be it
2-3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas
2-4 Legislature hereby congratulate Head Coach Mark Bowles and the
2-5 Denton Liberty Christian High School Warriors football team on
2-6 winning the inaugural TAPPS Class 4A State Championship and extend
2-7 to them sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness in
2-8 the years to come; and, be it further
2-9 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-10 prepared for the members of the team and coaching staff as an
2-11 expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
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Laney Gutierrez Oliveira
Alexander Haggerty Olivo
Allen Hamric Palmer
Alvarado Hartnett Patterson
Averitt Hawley Pickett
Bailey Heflin Pitts
Berlanga Hernandez Place
Bonnen Hightower Price
Bosse Hilbert Puente
Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck
Burnam Hill Ramsay
Carter Hinojosa Rangel
Chavez Hirschi Raymond
Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar
Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas
Clark Holzheauser Rhodes
Coleman Horn Rodriguez
Cook Howard Roman
Corte Hunter Sadler
Counts Hupp Seaman
Crabb Isett Serna
Craddick Jackson Shields
Cuellar Janek Siebert
Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith
Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee
Davila Junell Solis
Davis Kamel Solomons
Delisi Keel Staples
Denny Keffer Stiles
Driver King Swinford
Dukes Krusee Talton
Dunnam Kubiak Telford
Dutton Kuempel Thompson
Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery
Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres
Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman
Elkins Luna Turner of Harris
Farrar McCall Uher
Finnell McClendon Van de Putte
Flores McReynolds Walker
Gallego Madden West
Galloway Marchant Williams
Garcia Maxey Williamson
Giddings Merritt Wilson
Glaze Moffat Wise
Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth
Goolsby Mowery Wolens
Gray Naishtat Woolley
Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough
Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 840 was adopted by the House on May
7, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House