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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor