ENROLLED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 64
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT OWEN
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Pope John Paul II High School boys' soccer team on winning the Louisiana
High School Athletic Association 2021 Division IV state championship.
WHEREAS, on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, the top-seeded Pope John Paul II
Jaguars boys' soccer team defeated the sixth-seeded Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge
by a score of 2-1 at Southeastern Louisiana University's Strawberry Stadium to complete a
historic championship season; and
WHEREAS, senior Michael Tymkiw and junior Shawn Riviere both contributed a
goal in their team's winning effort; and
WHEREAS, junior Lincoln Oertling was named the Most Valuable Player of the
championship game; and
WHEREAS, the Jaguars finished the season with a record of 18-4-2; over the course
of the season, the team scored forty-four goals, allowed sixteen goals, and shut out
opponents on thirteen separate occasions; and
WHEREAS, the victory marked the first state title for boys' soccer in Pope John Paul
II High School's forty-one-year history; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 state championship season for Pope John Paul II comes on the
heels of the team's impressive runner-up performance in the Premier Orange Division of the
COPA Acadiana Tournament; throughout the season, the team faced a number of first-class
soccer programs from much larger, in-state schools such as Mandeville High School, St.
Louis Catholic, E.D. White, and many more; and
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WHEREAS, the Jaguars were led by team captains Michael Tymkiw, Lincoln
Oertling, and Nicholas Barone; other contributing members of the team include seniors Elliz
Ortiz, Adam Lisotta, Joseph Estopinal, and Christopher Kelley; juniors Shawn Riviere,
Brendan Kuzminski, George Arata, Jack Everard, Patrick Whitehouse, Will Adams, Wilson
Varnado, Joey Hosni, and Nathan Baker; sophomores Henley Oertling, Mikey Uwaifo, Jacob
Mire, and Nicholas Blum; freshman Allen Raimer, Joseph Whitehouse, Landon Lott, Henry
Dutriex; and eighth graders Christian Mire, Carter Chiasson, Preston Mayeaux, Julian
Masson, and Adam Merkle; and
WHEREAS, team manager Miguel Silva also played an integral role in the success
of the Jaguars' championship season; and
WHEREAS, the Jaguars were coached by Danny Clavier, who is in his tenth season
as head coach of the Pope John Paul II boys' soccer program; Coach Clavier earned his one-
hundredth career victory this season and was named the All-District Coach of the Year; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the Jaguars' outstanding achievements on the field, the
team was awarded the Team Academic Award by the United Soccer Coaches Association
for maintaining a team grade-point average of 3.35; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Pope John Paul II High School boys' soccer team
are most deserving of recognition for the outstanding championship season.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Pope John Paul II High School boys'
soccer team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2021 Division IV
state championship; does hereby recognize the members of the team for their inspiring
accomplishments on and off the field; and does hereby extend sincere hopes that the players,
coaches, trainers, and supporters of the Pope John Paul II High School boys' soccer team
prosper in their future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
principal of Pope John Paul II High School.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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