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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer S.R. No. 159 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Jacksboro High School cheerleading team |
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| 7 | 7 | | furthered its legacy of excellence by winning the 3A Division 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | title at the 2023 University Interscholastic League Spirit State |
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| 9 | 9 | | Championships and by finishing third at the 2023 National |
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| 10 | 10 | | Cheerleaders Association High School National Championship; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, At the UIL event, held January 12 to 14 in Fort |
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| 12 | 12 | | Worth, the Tigers were awarded top honors in the crowd leading and |
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| 13 | 13 | | fight song categories and posted an overall score of 90.10, |
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| 14 | 14 | | outdistancing their closest opponent by nearly five points to earn |
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| 15 | 15 | | the 3A Division 2 crown; the victory gave the school its third state |
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| 16 | 16 | | championship in the past four years in addition to a runner-up |
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| 17 | 17 | | finish in 2021; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, On January 21 and 22, Jacksboro traveled to Dallas |
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| 19 | 19 | | to make the school's first appearance at the NCA High School |
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| 20 | 20 | | National Championship; building on their first place finishes at |
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| 21 | 21 | | the NCA State and Virtual competitions, the Tigers captured third |
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| 22 | 22 | | place in the Game Day Varsity Medium Division with scores of 95.53 |
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| 23 | 23 | | in the performance round and 94.96 in the event round; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The Tigers were led by captains Emma Owen, Abbie |
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| 25 | 25 | | Payson, and Avory Silar and benefited from the valuable |
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| 26 | 26 | | contributions made by the other members of the roster: Bryston |
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| 27 | 27 | | Roberts, Landrie Valenzuela, Breezy Green, Jissel Luna, Lyla |
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| 28 | 28 | | Pankey, Miranda Piedra, Lexi Smith, Raygan Barnett, Salia |
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| 29 | 29 | | Buenrostro, Madison Collins, Ruby Flores, Lizzy Gonzales, Ashleigh |
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| 30 | 30 | | Guthrie, Kennedy Lowther, Brooke Reaves, Trinitee Sanders, Jasmine |
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| 31 | 31 | | Soria, Lileigh Taylor, and Laken Valenzuela; the squad was ably |
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| 32 | 32 | | guided by head coach Jaci Pippen and assistant coaches Stacey |
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| 33 | 33 | | Wardrup and Haley Laake; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, By winning consecutive state championships and |
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| 35 | 35 | | succeeding at a premier national competition, the Jacksboro Tigers |
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| 36 | 36 | | have demonstrated exceptional skill, dedication, and teamwork, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | they are a source of great pride to their school and community; now, |
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| 38 | 38 | | therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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| 40 | 40 | | hereby congratulate the Jacksboro High School cheerleading team on |
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| 41 | 41 | | winning the UIL 3A Division 2 state championship and finishing |
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| 42 | 42 | | third at the 2023 NCA High School National Championship and extend |
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| 43 | 43 | | to all those associated with the team sincere best wishes for |
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| 44 | 44 | | continued success; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for the Jacksboro High School cheerleading team as an |
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| 47 | 47 | | expression of high regard by the Texas Senate. |
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