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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 260 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Mitchell |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0260 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 003642 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the Nashville Christian |
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| 13 | 13 | | School football team, TSSAA Division II-A state |
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| 14 | 14 | | champions. |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly are pleased to specially honor and |
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| 17 | 17 | | commend those successful high school teams that, through their magnificent exploits, bring |
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| 18 | 18 | | honor to Tennessee and serve as exceptional ambassadors for this State; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, the Nashville Christian School football team achieved an extraordinary level |
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| 20 | 20 | | of success during the 2024 season, winning the coveted Tennessee Secondary School Athletic |
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| 21 | 21 | | Association (TSSAA) Division II-A state football championship; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, the Nashville Christian School Eagles clawed their way to the BlueCross |
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| 23 | 23 | | Bowl championship game on December 5, 2024, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, where they |
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| 24 | 24 | | played with heart and determination to resoundingly defeat Columbia Academy 49-21 in the title |
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| 25 | 25 | | matchup; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, the 2024 state championship marks Nashville Christian School's second |
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| 27 | 27 | | championship and its fourth appearance in the BlueCross Bowl in the last ten years; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Nashville Christian School finished its season with a record of 12-1, |
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| 29 | 29 | | averaging 48 points per game with an average margin of victory of 37 points; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, state championships are achieved only through hard work, dedication, and |
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| 31 | 31 | | the ability to work together as a team and excel with a cooperative spirit; the Eagles exhibited |
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| 32 | 32 | | each of these rare qualities during their championship season; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, the football players of Nashville Christian School epitomize all that is good |
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| 34 | 34 | | in today's student athletes, as they have achieved the highest level of success on the field while |
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| 35 | 35 | | showing the highest degree of character both on and off the field; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | - 2 - 003642 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, the dedication, determination, work ethic, and talent of this group of young |
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| 41 | 41 | | men not only made possible a championship football season but also surely bode well for their |
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| 42 | 42 | | success in every future endeavor; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, we find it appropriate to acknowledge and applaud the football players of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Nashville Christian School for serving as exemplars of the high quality of the youth of |
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| 45 | 45 | | Tennessee; now, therefore, |
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| 46 | 46 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 47 | 47 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSE E, THE SENATE |
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| 48 | 48 | | CONCURRING, that we honor and congratulate the players, coaching staff, team support staff, |
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| 49 | 49 | | administrators, cheerleaders, and fans of the Nashville Christian School football team on |
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| 50 | 50 | | winning the 2024 TSSAA Division II-A state football championship. |
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| 51 | 51 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 52 | 52 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 53 | 53 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 54 | 54 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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