HLS 22RS-1735 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the cheerleaders of Live Oak High School and Live Oak
Junior High School on winning national championships in 2022
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the cheerleaders of Live Oak High School and Live Oak Junior High School
3 on winning national championships in 2022.
4 WHEREAS, the Live Oak High School cheer team from Watson, Louisiana, won the
5school's sixth national championship title at the 2022 National High School Cheerleading
6Championship held in Orlando, Florida; the win also marks the school's fifth-consecutive
7national championship; and
8 WHEREAS, at the high school competition, Live Oak was awarded 1st Place in
9Large Varsity Division II, 2nd Place in Game Day Large Varsity Division II, and 1st Place
10in World's Division; the team trains ten months out of the year to prepare their elite stunts
11and tumbling routines; in 2021, Varsity TV featured the team in a four-part documentary;
12even more impressively, the team also maintains an average GPA of 3.7; and
13 WHEREAS, the Live Oak Junior High cheer team also put on a dominant showing
14at the national championships; at the competition the team was awarded 1st in the nation for
15Large Junior High School Team, 1st in the nation for Large Junior High School Game Day
16Team, and 2nd in the world for Large Junior High School Team; and
17 WHEREAS, in addition to the Live Oak High School and Junior High cheer
18program, the Live Oak Rec program has over two hundred athletes ranging from ages three
19to fifteen; the four Live Oak Rec cheer teams that competed in Orlando each took home a
20first-place award; and
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1 WHEREAS, the athletes who competed for the Live Oak High School, Live Oak
2Junior High, and Live Oak Rec cheer teams are a model of consistency and competitive
3excellence; and
4 WHEREAS, the elite-level cheerleaders of the Live Oak cheer teams are led by their
5dedicated coaching staffs; the high school cheer team is coached by Maddie Guidry and
6Shawn Magee, and the junior high team is coached by Jessica Angelo and Brandon Houck;
7and
8 WHEREAS, Live Oak is most deserving of the highest recognition for consistently
9setting the standard for competitive cheering and making the community of Watson and the
10state of Louisiana incredibly proud.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
12Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the cheerleaders of Live Oak High School
13and Live Oak Junior High School on winning national championships in 2022 and does
14hereby extend sincere wishes that the program continue to achieve greatness as they set the
15standard for excellence in competitive cheerleading.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
17coaches of the Live Oak High School, Live Oak Junior High, and Live Oak Rec cheer teams.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 55 Original 2022 Regular Session Hodges
Commends the cheerleaders of Live Oak High School and Live Oak Junior High School on
winning national championships in 2022.
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