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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 229
By Johnson
SJR0229
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A RESOLUTION to commend and congratulate the Grassland
Middle School Game Day Cheer Team, 2025
UCA Large Junior High Game Day National
Champions.
WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly are pleased to specially honor and
commend those successful high school athletic teams that, through their magnificent exploits,
bring honor to Tennessee and serve as exceptional ambassadors of this State; and
WHEREAS, the Grassland Middle School Game Day Cheer Team is one such group of
young athletes, which recently claimed the top spot at the 2025 Universal Cheerleaders
Association (UCA) Junior High Game Day National Championship in Orlando, Florida, on
February 9, 2025; and
WHEREAS, this year's national event hosted more than 27,000 athletes from 1,286
teams across thirty-four states; teams competing at the championship qualified at one of fifty
regional competitions across the country in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Grassland cheerleaders earned the national title in their division, Large
Junior High Game Day, after a successful season in which they placed first in Large Junior High
Game Day and were named Grand Champion in the school division at Bullet Bash in
Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and placed first in Large Junior High Game Day and were named
Grand Champion in the school Game Day division at the Mountain Classic in Pikeville,
Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, the team also garnered its third consecutive UCA Bluegrass Regional
Championship in Large Junior High Game Day in Lexington, Kentucky, which was a multi-state
event that qualified the team for the national final, as well as a second consecutive TSSAA state
championship in Large Junior High Game Day in Knoxville, Tennessee; and
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WHEREAS, although the season was beset with illness, unpredictable weather, and
various other challenges, the Grassland Middle School cheer team's commitment and resilience
paid off in the end; and
WHEREAS, the members of this outstanding championship team are Blaire
Wombacher, Blair Young, Claire McCloskey, Claire Wall, Delaney Carper, Delaney Kennedy,
Emma Puffer, Frankie Gilbert, Harper Beaird, Juliana Hart, Karis Saint-Aime, Michaela
Waterman, Molly Allsep, Naomi Whitehead, Olive Mockett, Savannah Ford, Scarlett Haralson,
Sophie George, Sydney Elmore, Sydney Williford, Brooklyn Knight, Cate Robinson, Charlee
Rose Wilkins, Christiana Dykstra, Coley Jane Stanley, Georgia Janson, Harper Joyce, Izzy
Spain, Margot Blackwelder, Meredith Barker, Morgan Boller, Nola Winton, Reagan Smith,
Shannon Siefkes, Valentina Blanco, Bryn Glauser, Gentry Anne Smith, and Sadie Mockett; and
WHEREAS, the Grassland cheerleaders were fortunate to have the invaluable, devoted
guidance of coaches Lisa Wheeler, Erin Schueler, Jennifer Keith, Jaime Puffer, and Malik
Briggs, as well as skills specialists Kelly Gerleve and Taylor Lark; and
WHEREAS, displaying great sportsmanship and outstanding character throughout the
season, the members of the Grassland Middle School cheer team have conducted themselves
in a manner appropriate to the integrity of the State of Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, the perseverance, determination, work ethic, and talent of this group of
young athletes not only made possible a stellar triumph but also surely bode well for their future
success; and
WHEREAS, we find it appropriate to acknowledge and applaud the Grassland Middle
School cheerleading squad for its outstanding performance; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we commend and congratulate the coaches, skills
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specialists, and members of the Grassland Middle School Game Day Cheer Team on their
commitment to excellence and congratulate them on winning the 2025 Universal Cheerleaders
Association Large Junior High Game Day National Championship.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.