Senate Commemoration 818
Introduced by: Senators Sauder, Crabtree, Perry, and Schoenfish and Representatives Emery, Fitzgerald,
Greenfield, Jordan, Moore, Reisch, Roe, and Uhre‑Balk
A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring the Hamlin Chargers for their 2024
state championship in Class 9AA football.
WHEREAS, the Hamlin Chargers defeated the Parkston Trojans 32 to 8 in the 2024 Class
9AA title game at the DakotaDome in November; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin finished the season with a perfect record of twelve wins and no losses;
and
WHEREAS, the loss gave Parkston a record of eleven wins and one loss for the season and
ended Parkston's winning streak of twenty-three games; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin Chargers quarterback Jackson Wadsworth finished the 2024 title game
with two hundred and sixteen yards, including a touchdown pass, earning him the Joe Robbie
MVP award; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin's Turner Stevenson rushed for fifty-seven yards and scored twice, while
Evan Stormo added eighty receiving yards and Boden Stevenson added a receiving
touchdown; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin kicker Easton Neuendorf set a new Class 9AA title game record when
he kicked a forty-five-yard field goal; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin's Dawson Noem was named the outstanding lineman of the game; and
WHEREAS, the Parkston team had averaged more than two hundred and seventy -five
yards per game in the eleven games leading up to the championship, but was held to ninety
yards on thirty-three carries during the championship against Hamlin; and
WHEREAS, Hamlin head coach Jeff Sheehan praised his team for playing a nearly perfect
game;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State
of South Dakota, that the Hamlin Chargers are the Class 9AA state football champions.