Bill Text: TX HR1688 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Mart High School football team on winning the 2018 UIL 2A Division 2 state championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1688-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1688 |
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WHEREAS, The Mart High School football team once again proved | ||
itself one of the finest in Texas by winning the 2018 University | ||
Interscholastic League 2A Division 2 state championship; and | ||
WHEREAS, The defending champs in their class, the Panthers | ||
won 9 of 10 regular-season contests and claimed the District 11 | ||
title; Mart continued to excel throughout the playoffs, defeating | ||
Saratoga West Hardin, Simms Bowie, Grapeland, Muenster, and Falls | ||
City High Schools to earn its 11th trip to the state championship | ||
contest; and | ||
WHEREAS, Competing in front of a crowd of more than 7,000 fans | ||
at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Mart faced off against Gruver High | ||
School in the December 19 finale; the Panthers unleashed a | ||
devastating ground assault, rushing for nine touchdowns in the | ||
first half alone; by intermission, the team had already set the | ||
record for the most points scored in a 2A state championship game, | ||
and it ultimately rang up a total of 76 to achieve a commanding | ||
victory; when the final seconds ticked off the clock, Mart | ||
collected its seventh title overall and celebrated the first | ||
back-to-back crowns in program history; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Panthers were led by Offensive Most Valuable | ||
Player Tyrek Horne, who ran for seven touchdowns and 291 yards to | ||
set a pair of 2A title game records; on the other side of the ball, | ||
Defensive MVP Jacob Ybarra paced Mart with 6.5 tackles, two | ||
interceptions, and four pass breakups; ably guided by head coach | ||
Kevin Hoffman and his assistants, Mart received valuable | ||
contributions from each member of the roster over the course of the | ||
2018 campaign; and | ||
WHEREAS, Winning a state championship represents the | ||
culmination of countless hours of hard work and an unwavering | ||
commitment to excellence, and these talented student-athletes will | ||
treasure the memory of this accomplishment for the rest of their | ||
lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Mart High School football team | ||
on winning the 2018 UIL 2A Division 2 state championship and extend | ||
to the team's players, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Kacal | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1688 was adopted by the House on May | ||
24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||