| 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 Bishop Luers |
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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 2A state championship title. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ZAY, HOLDMAN |
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| 9 | 9 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2024 RC 1518/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 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 Bishop Luers High School football team on winning the 2023 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 state championship title. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 Whereas, The Bishop Luers 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, by winning their first IHSAA Class 2A |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 state championship title since 2012; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights defeated the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 Churubusco Eagles 41-30 in their first sectional game and the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 Eastside Blazers 14-10 in their second to advance to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 IHSAA 2A sectional championship match against the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 13 Manchester Squires, where the Knights had a strong showing, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 winning 42-0 and sending them to regionals; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 15 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights then prevailed 15-7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 over the Bluffton Tigers in the regional championship and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 triumphed over the Central Catholic Knights in the semi-state |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18 game, winning 28-7 and advancing them to the state |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19 championship; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 20 Whereas, The Knights won the state championship game |
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| 34 | 34 | | 21 against the North Posey Vikings 40-3 despite having the ball |
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| 35 | 35 | | 22 for only fifteen minutes and forty-five seconds of the contest; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23 Whereas, After blocking a punt that ended the opposing |
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| 37 | 37 | | 24 team's opening possession, the Knights made three plays in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25 sixty seconds to secure a lead over the Vikings that was never |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2024 RC 1518/DI SM 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 relinquished; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2 Whereas, Knights quarterback Kohen McKenzie effectuated |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3 three touchdowns with a grand total of 126 passing yards, and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4 running back Gio Jimenez led the team's ground game with 98 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 5 yards across 13 carries; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6 Whereas, Head Coach Kyle Lindsay, member of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7 Knights' 1999 and 2001 title teams, joins a group of three other |
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| 47 | 47 | | 8 father-son coaching duos with state titles; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights completed their |
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| 49 | 49 | | 10 season with an overall record of 12-3 and their 12th football |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11 state title in school history: 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 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 16 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 56 | 56 | | 17 congratulates the Bishop Luers High School football team on |
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| 57 | 57 | | 18 winning the 2023 Indiana High School Athletic Association |
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| 58 | 58 | | 19 ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 60 | 60 | | 21 to transmit copies of this Resolution to each Senior of the |
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| 61 | 61 | | 22 Bishop Luers football team, Head Coach Kyle Lindsay, and |
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| 62 | 62 | | 23 each assistant football coach. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2024 RC 1518/DI SM |
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