R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the State of Texas 1-2 is proud to congratulate the members of the Grapevine High School 1-3 football team on their victory in the 1998 Class 4A District 1 1-4 championship football game; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Mustangs defeated the Bay City Black Cats 22-0 1-6 in Texas Stadium to clinch their championship title; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Exhibiting awesome talent and perseverance 1-8 throughout the season, the Mustangs' team players, Roger Chapman, 1-9 Jason Schindler, Jared Brown, Nick Leckey, Kelly Sayre, Blake Holt, 1-10 Dan Cameron, Jimmy Barnett, Ben Benardino, Ryan Gowdy, Derek Frey, 1-11 Andrew Marr, Chris Gray, Devin Pilgrim, Nick Zies, Curtis Caldwell, 1-12 Trent Scribner, Cody Spencer, Ryan Maxwell, Andy Thompson, Josh 1-13 Born, Joe Stanford, Matt France, Richard Spruell, Damon Williams, 1-14 Saleem Razvi, Stewart Records, Chad White, T. J. Howard, Brandon 1-15 Winner, Sam Robert, Jordan Wilson, DeWayne Betik, Cody Koontz, Cole 1-16 Farden, Alex Martin, Brad Balla, Brad Lynes, Matt Cantrell, Mitch 1-17 Gatlin, Daniel Cheek, Rory Dyck, Josh Cook, Matt Baan, Casey Ford, 1-18 Chris Culver, and Taylor Farden, the coaches, and the trainers 1-19 deserve to be proud of their efforts and outstanding performance; 1-20 and 1-21 WHEREAS, Under the superior leadership and expertise of their 1-22 head coach, Mike Sneed, and the assistant coaches, Gary Olivo, Gary 1-23 Mullins, Roger Benefield, Bruce Holmes, Heath Bullard, Andy Modica, 1-24 Dave Sammons, Bill Symon, Bill McClesky, Tim McCune, Marty Wyatt, 2-1 Scott Goodwin, Bryan Higginbotham, J. T. Grubbs, Todd Rogers, and 2-2 Scott Lee, the Mustangs pulled together as a team and attained 2-3 their goal; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The Mustangs' team unity, exceptional skills, and 2-5 respect for the highest ideals of American sportsmanship have 2-6 brought honor to the school and to the community; now, therefore, 2-7 be it 2-8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of 2-9 Texas, 76th Legislature, hereby commend the Grapevine High School 2-10 Mustangs for their state championship title and extend appreciation 2-11 to the school's principal, Dana Drew, for his outstanding 2-12 leadership; and, be it further 2-13 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the 2-14 Grapevine High School Mustangs as an expression of esteem from the 2-15 Texas House of Representatives. Truitt _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 818 was adopted by the House on May 3, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House