2015-2016 Bill 4588: Southside Christian School Football Team - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4588 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Henderson 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1413dg16.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016 13 Adopted by the House on January 12, 2016 14 15 Summary: Southside Christian School Football Team 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 1/12/2016 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 31) 22 23 View the latest legislative information at the website 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 1/12/2016 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE SOUTHSIDE 12 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND ITS FINE 13 COACHES ON THEIR IMPRESSIVE WIN OF THE 2015 14 CLASS A DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 15 16 Whereas, supremely ready for the challenge, the Southside 17 Christian School football team drove past AllendaleFairfax 428 to 18 capture the 2015 Class A Division I State Championship, held on 19 Saturday, December 5, 2015; and 20 21 Whereas, Charles W. Johnson Stadium at Columbia’s Benedict 22 College echoed with the cheers of exuberant Southside fans, 23 pleased to see their confident predictions of victory realized as a 24 satisfying end to an excellent season. By the end of the title game, 25 the Sabres’ many admirers were already looking with anticipation 26 toward a repeat performance next year; and 27 28 Whereas, the Southside players, fueled by the excitement of a 29 chance at the program’s first state title, shellacked their opponents, 30 leaving no doubt in anyone’s mind about who deserved the crown. 31 Further, with this win the Sabres nailed their thirteenth consecutive 32 victory; and 33 34 Whereas, such victories do not come overnight; they take 35 determination and hard work. With proven consistency in both, 36 Coach Jason Kaiser and his dedicated staff have built their football 37 program into a championship team that refuses to settle for second 38 best; and 39 40 Whereas, Coach Kaiser revealed the secret behind his team’s 41 wellearned win: “We talked all week about all the distractions,

[4588] 2 1 ...staying focused, staying disciplined, keep doing what we’ve 2 been doing. And I’ll tell you what, they did”; and 3 4 Whereas, less than six minutes into the game, the score was 140, 5 and the tone had been set in favor of the Sabres. Further, Southside 6 Christian’s defense shut down AllendaleFairfax’s normally 7 productive rushing attack, a state of affairs that signed and sealed 8 the victory for Southside; and 9 10 Whereas, the Sabres have brought great pride and recognition to 11 their school and community, and the members of the House of 12 Representatives are pleased to have this opportunity to recognize 13 such an outstanding group of young athletes. Now, therefore, 14 15 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 16 17 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 18 by this resolution, recognize and congratulate the Southside 19 Christian School football team and its fine coaches on their 20 impressive win of the 2015 Class A Division I State Championship 21 title. 22 23 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 24 Dr. Sam Barfell, superintendent; Dr. Don Kauffman, Upper School 25 principal; and Coach Jason Kaiser of Southside Christian School. 26 XX 27

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