H.R. No. 780


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Klein Oak High School girls' soccer team has achieved the pinnacle of success by winning the 2003 UIL Class 5A state championship; and WHEREAS, Facing three-time defending state champion Plano West High School in the Region II finals, this remarkable Klein Oak team displayed true championship heart, scoring the contest's lone goal shortly before the end of the first half and playing stifling defense throughout the rest of the game to win 1-0 and earn a trip to the state tournament; and WHEREAS, The Panthers dispatched Clements High School 2-1 in the state semifinals and went on to capture the heart-stopping season finale against Flower Mound Marcus in a shootout by the same 2-1 score, claiming the coveted crown and completing their campaign with a record of 21-6-2; and WHEREAS, Head coach Steve Simmons inspired his young charges to perform to the best of their ability and also painstakingly prepared them for the rigors of playoff competition, enabling them to achieve their championship dream; and WHEREAS, These dedicated student-athletes, with their coaches and staff, are a source of tremendous pride to all those associated with Klein Oak High School, and the team may indeed look back on this outstanding season with a great sense of accomplishment for a job well done; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Klein Oak High School girls' soccer team on winning the 2003 UIL Class 5A state title and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for prominent display at Klein Oak High School as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Riddle Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Raymond Chisum Homer Reyna Christian Hope Riddle Coleman Hopson Ritter Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose Corte Hunter Seaman Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant Crownover Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Keel Stick Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton Driver King Taylor Dukes Kolkhorst Telford Dunnam Krusee Thompson Dutton Kuempel Truitt Edwards Laney Turner Eiland Laubenberg Uresti Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale Elkins Luna Villarreal Ellis Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler Geren Mercer ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 780 was adopted by the House on April 16, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House