HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, On Wednesday, January 17, 2001, the Katy area
1-2 gathers to salute the Class 5A Division II football champions for
1-3 the 2000 season, the Katy Tigers; and
1-4 WHEREAS, On December 23, 2000, the Tigers defeated perennial
1-5 powerhouse Tyler John Tyler by a score of 35-20 in the state
1-6 championship game in the historic Astrodome; and
1-7 WHEREAS, With a record of 16 wins and no losses, Katy
1-8 finished the 2000 campaign as the only undefeated team in Class 5A;
1-9 and
1-10 WHEREAS, Ranked the number six high school team in the
1-11 country by USA Today, the Tigers have now secured their second
1-12 state championship in the past four years--the other having come in
1-13 1997; and
1-14 WHEREAS, In addition to its competitive excellence, Katy High
1-15 School has also been named a National Blue Ribbon School of
1-16 Excellence and maintains a "Recognized" rating from the Texas
1-17 Education Agency; now, therefore, be it
1-18 RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, the Senate
1-19 concurring, That the members of the 77th Texas Legislature honor
1-20 and congratulate the championship efforts of the year 2000 Katy
1-21 Tigers, whose individual and team accomplishments cannot soon be
1-22 forgotten; and, be it further
1-23 RESOLVED, That the Katy Independent School District also be
1-24 honored for pursuing a foundation of academic achievement which
2-1 will enrich students' lives far beyond the reach of nonacademic
2-2 pursuits; and, be it further
2-3 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-4 presented to the Katy Tigers as a token of our esteem on this day.
Heflin
Callegari
Williams
Howard
Elkins
Laney Glaze Menendez
Alexander Goodman Merritt
Allen Goolsby Miller
Averitt Gray Moreno of Harris
Bailey Green Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bonnen Gutierrez Mowery
Bosse Haggerty Naishtat
Brimer Hamric Najera
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Nixon
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Noriega
Burnam Hawley Oliveira
Callegari Heflin Olivo
Capelo Hilbert Pickett
Carter Hilderbran Pitts
Chavez Hill Puente
Chisum Hinojosa Ramsay
Christian Hochberg Rangel
Clark Hodge Reyna of Bexar
Coleman Homer Reyna of Dallas
Cook Hope Ritter
Corte Hopson Sadler
Counts Howard Salinas
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Craddick Hupp Shields
Crownover Isett Smith
Cuellar Janek Smithee
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Solis
Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solomons
Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Swinford
Delisi Junell Talton
Denny Keel Telford
Deshotel Keffer Thompson
Driver King of Parker Tillery
Dukes King of Uvalde Truitt
Dunnam Kitchen Turner of Coleman
Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Harris
Edwards Krusee Uher
Ehrhardt Kuempel Uresti
Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Villarreal
Elkins Lewis of Orange Walker
Ellis Longoria West
Farabee Luna Williams
Farrar McCall Wilson
Flores McClendon Wise
Gallego McReynolds Wohlgemuth
Garcia Madden Wolens
George Marchant Woolley
Geren Martinez Fischer Yarbrough
Giddings Maxey Zbranek
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 76 was adopted by the House on
January 11, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 76 was adopted by the Senate on
January 16, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor