| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the East Central |
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| 6 | 6 | | High School football team on winning the 2023 Indiana High School |
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| 7 | 7 | | Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A state championship title. |
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| 8 | 8 | | MAXWELL |
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| 9 | 9 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2024 RC 1516/DI SM Introduced |
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| 11 | 11 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 12 | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the East |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 Central High School football team on winning the 2023 Indiana |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A state |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 championship title. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 Whereas, The East Central High School football team |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6 capped off their 2023 season at Lucas Oil Stadium in |
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| 20 | 20 | | 7 Indianapolis, Indiana, to win their second consecutive IHSAA |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 Class 4A state championship title; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 Whereas, The Trojans soundly defeated every opponent |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 throughout the 2023 season, including double-digit margin |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 victories over perennial powerhouses Archbishop Moeller, |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 Roncalli, and New Palestine; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 13 Whereas, An offensive machine throughout the season, the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 Trojans averaged 50 points per game and allowed an average |
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| 28 | 28 | | 15 of only 6 points per game; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 Whereas, Following the championship win, senior Dylan |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 Maxwell was recognized as the winner of the 2023 Mental |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18 Attitude Award; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19 Whereas, Josh Ringer completed his high school career |
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| 33 | 33 | | 20 with a school record 6,640 rushing yards and 118 touchdowns, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 21 ranked 14th in state history for total career rushing yards, was |
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| 35 | 35 | | 22 named Indiana's 2023 Gatorade Player of the Year, and was |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23 named as the 2023 Indiana Mr. Football after receiving more |
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| 37 | 37 | | 24 than two thirds of the ballots from Indiana Football Coaches |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25 Association voters; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2024 RC 1516/DI SM 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 Whereas, Head Coach Jake Meiners, a 2009 graduate of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2 East Central, improved to 57-9 in his fifth season coaching and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3 was named the 2024 4A North/South All-Star Coach and Pass |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4 Game Coordinator, and Quarterback Coach Lou Sipe was |
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| 44 | 44 | | 5 named 2023 4A Assistant Coach of the Year; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6 Whereas, After having already finished the 2022 season |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7 with a 13-2 record and 4A state championship, the East Central |
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| 47 | 47 | | 8 Trojans completed the 2023 season undefeated with an overall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9 record of 15-0, its fourth football state title and its second |
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| 49 | 49 | | 10 straight title in Class 4A, becoming the first Indiana public |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11 school to repeat in the class: Therefore, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 12 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 52 | 52 | | 13 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 53 | 53 | | 14 concurring: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 15 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 55 | 55 | | 16 congratulates the East Central High School football team on |
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| 56 | 56 | | 17 winning the 2023 Indiana High School Athletic Association |
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| 57 | 57 | | 18 ("IHSAA") Class 4A state championship title. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 19 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 59 | 59 | | 20 to transmit copies of this Resolution to East Central High |
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| 60 | 60 | | 21 School Head Coach Jake Meiners, each assistant football coach, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 22 each football student manager, and each member of the East |
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| 62 | 62 | | 23 Central High School football team. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2024 RC 1516/DI SM |
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