*ADF155* 03/17/2025 7:42:09 AM ADF155 State of Arkansas 1 95th General Assembly 2 Regular Session, 2025 SR 46 3 4 By: Senator C. Tucker 5 6 7 SENATE RESOLUTION 8 TO RECOGNIZE THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS 9 ROCKETS GOLF TEAM AS THE CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONS. 10 11 12 Subtitle 13 TO RECOGNIZE THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 14 FOR BOYS ROCKETS GOLF TEAM AS THE CLASS 15 6A STATE CHAMPIONS. 16 17 WHEREAS, the Catholic High School for Boys Rockets golf team won the 18 Class 6A state championship held on October 8 -9, 2024, at the Springdale 19 Country Club in Springdale, Arkansas; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the win is the second state championship for the Rockets in 22 the past four (4) years; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the Rockets also won the Class 6A Central Conference 25 tournament and their last five (5) tournaments of the season; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Rockets team members competing at the state championship were 28 Jack Denery, Reece Johnson, Jackson Wolfe, Adam Squires, Davis Crowe, and 29 Kade Keith; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the Rockets carded a team score of two hundred eighty -six 32 (286) for a two-day total of five hundred seventy -three (573) and won the 33 championship by ten (10) strokes; and 34 35 WHEREAS, senior Jackson Wolfe carded a seventy -two (72) on the final 36 SR46 2 03/17/2025 7:42:09 AM ADF155 day of competition to finish with a two -day three-under total of one hundred 1 thirty-nine (139); and 2 3 WHEREAS, senior Jackson Wolfe achieved Individual State Medalist status 4 for lowest score in the state championship; and 5 6 WHEREAS, team member Jack Denery finished at one hundred forty -one 7 (141) in the state championship; and 8 9 WHEREAS, team member Adam Squires finished at one hundred fifty -one 10 (151) in the state championship; and 11 12 WHEREAS, team members Jackson Wolfe, Jack Denery, and Reece Johnson 13 earned All-State Honors; and 14 15 WHEREAS, most importantly, Rockets team members have a collective GPA 16 of 3.718; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the Rockets are led by Coaches Steve Squires, Jeremy Wolfe, 19 and John Sidery; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Tim Ezzi is Athletic Director for the Rockets; and 22 23 WHEREAS, Steve Straessle is Head of School and Matt Dempsey is 24 Principal for the Rockets; and 25 26 WHEREAS, Coach Steve Squires said of the win, "It was a true team 27 effort. I don't know that we necessarily ran away with it until the last few 28 holes . . . I was just proud of our team. Everybody contributed", 29 30 NOW THEREFORE, 31 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 32 STATE OF ARKANSAS: 33 34 THAT the Senate recognize the Catholic High School for Boys Rockets 35 golf team as the Class 6A State Champions. 36 SR46 3 03/17/2025 7:42:09 AM ADF155 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 2 presented to Coach Steve Squires by the Secretary of the Senate. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36