As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. R. No. 40
2025-2026
Senator Craig
A R E S O L U T I O N
Honoring the Bishop Watterson High School girls
soccer team as the 2024 Division II State
Champion.
WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the 136th General Assembly
of Ohio are pleased to recognize the Bishop Watterson High School
girls soccer team on winning the 2024 Division II State Championship;
and
WHEREAS, A standout group of young athletes, the members of the
Bishop Watterson High School girls soccer team have established
themselves as truly exceptional competitors by combining talent and
spirit with the highest ideals of good sportsmanship. With admirable
dedication, the Eagles worked diligently toward attaining ultimate
proficiency in soccer, and as a result, they defeated a tough North
Royalton squad by the score of 2-1 to win this year’s Division II
State Championship, their first such title in program history, and
finished the season with an impressive 20-2-0 record, the best in
program history; and
WHEREAS, The achievements and leadership of the Bishop Watterson
High School girls soccer team are a justifiable source of pride and an
excellent reflection on the players, their families, their school
community, and their head coach, Scott Dempsey. Indeed, in leading the
team to victory, Coach Dempsey has helped these athletes to develop
great talent by instilling the valuable lessons of determination,
perseverance, and camaraderie; and
WHEREAS, With athletic competition playing such an important role
in the total education of our young people, we are pleased to pay
tribute to the exemplary athletes and the outstanding coaches of the
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Bishop Watterson High School girls soccer team for a job well done.
The maturity and experience the team members have gained through their
participation in sports will greatly aid them in meeting the
challenges of the future; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 136th General
Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, congratulate the Bishop
Watterson High School girls soccer team on its tremendous 2024 season
and praise the members and coaches as some of Ohio’s finest citizens;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a duly
authenticated copy of this Resolution to the Bishop Watterson High
School girls soccer team.
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