HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The Midland Lee High School Rebels football team 1-2 capped off a remarkable 1999 season by defeating the Aldine 1-3 Eisenhower High School Eagles 42-21 to claim the 1999 UIL Class 5A 1-4 Division I state championship and earn its second straight state 1-5 title; and 1-6 WHEREAS, After winning the Class 5A Division II state crown 1-7 in 1998, Midland Lee began the 1999 season with a number one 1-8 ranking in Texas and nationally in USA Today; Head Coach John 1-9 Parchman and his vaunted Rebels lived up to the lofty preseason 1-10 expectations by compiling an undefeated 15-0 record en route to 1-11 their state title and wire-to-wire run as the nation's top-rated 1-12 team; and 1-13 WHEREAS, In the title game the Rebels' high-powered offense 1-14 was led by senior quarterback Jon Rogers and junior running back 1-15 Cedric Benson, who ran for 198 yards and equaled his 1998 title 1-16 game mark of five touchdowns, running his season total to an 1-17 astounding 51; by the third quarter the Rebels held a 28-0 lead, 1-18 largely due to a stingy defense that stymied the Eagles on several 1-19 key occasions, and after withstanding a brief Aldine rally, marched 1-20 on to a decisive victory; and 1-21 WHEREAS, This stellar season required each of the team's 1-22 talented athletes to perform to the best of their abilities; the 1-23 state triumph is the culmination of many hours of hard work and 1-24 training and is a richly deserved honor that all of the Rebels' 2-1 players, coaches, and supporters will undoubtedly take pride in for 2-2 many years to come; now, therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-4 hereby honor the Midland Lee High School Rebels for winning the 2-5 1999 UIL Class 5A Division I state football championship and extend 2-6 to them sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; 2-7 and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-9 prepared for Head Coach John Parchman and the Midland Lee High 2-10 School Rebels as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of 2-11 Representatives and Senate. Craddick Laney Goodman Merritt Alexander Goolsby Miller Allen Gray Moreno of Harris Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso Bailey Grusendorf Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat Bosse Hamric Najera Brimer Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira Burnam Heflin Olivo Callegari Hilbert Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Carter Hill Puente Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay Chisum Hochberg Rangel Christian Hodge Raymond Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas Cook Hopson Ritter Corte Howard Sadler Counts Hunter Salinas Crabb Hupp Seaman Craddick Isett Shields Crownover Janek Smith Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Junell Swinford Denny Keel Talton Deshotel Keffer Telford Driver King of Parker Thompson Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery Dunnam Kitchen Truitt Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal Ellis Longoria Walker Farabee Luna West Farrar McCall Williams Flores McClendon Wilson Gallego McReynolds Wise Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth George Marchant Wolens Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley Giddings Maxey Yarbrough Glaze Menendez Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 49 was adopted by the House on February 6, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 49 was adopted by the Senate on February 6, 2001, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor