Introduced Version
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Bishop Luers
High School football team on winning the 2023 Indiana High School
Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
ZAY, HOLDMAN
, read first time and referred to Committee on
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Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the
2 Bishop Luers High School football team on winning the 2023
3 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A
4 state championship title.
5 Whereas, The Bishop Luers High School football team
6 capped off their 2023 season at Lucas Oil Stadium in
7 Indianapolis, Indiana, by winning their first IHSAA Class 2A
8 state championship title since 2012;
9 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights defeated the
10 Churubusco Eagles 41-30 in their first sectional game and the
11 Eastside Blazers 14-10 in their second to advance to the
12 IHSAA 2A sectional championship match against the
13 Manchester Squires, where the Knights had a strong showing,
14 winning 42-0 and sending them to regionals;
15 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights then prevailed 15-7
16 over the Bluffton Tigers in the regional championship and
17 triumphed over the Central Catholic Knights in the semi-state
18 game, winning 28-7 and advancing them to the state
19 championship;
20 Whereas, The Knights won the state championship game
21 against the North Posey Vikings 40-3 despite having the ball
22 for only fifteen minutes and forty-five seconds of the contest;
23 Whereas, After blocking a punt that ended the opposing
24 team's opening possession, the Knights made three plays in
25 sixty seconds to secure a lead over the Vikings that was never
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1 relinquished;
2 Whereas, Knights quarterback Kohen McKenzie effectuated
3 three touchdowns with a grand total of 126 passing yards, and
4 running back Gio Jimenez led the team's ground game with 98
5 yards across 13 carries;
6 Whereas, Head Coach Kyle Lindsay, member of the
7 Knights' 1999 and 2001 title teams, joins a group of three other
8 father-son coaching duos with state titles; and
9 Whereas, The Bishop Luers Knights completed their
10 season with an overall record of 12-3 and their 12th football
11 state title in school history: Therefore,
12 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
13 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
14 concurring:
15
16 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly
17 congratulates the Bishop Luers High School football team on
18 winning the 2023 Indiana High School Athletic Association
19 ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
21 to transmit copies of this Resolution to each Senior of the
22 Bishop Luers football team, Head Coach Kyle Lindsay, and
23 each assistant football coach.
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