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House Bill 9047




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9047

        By Representative Byrd






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the Brandon High School

  3         Eagles Wrestling Team for setting a new

  4         national record for consecutive dual-meet wins

  5         in American high school athletics.

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  7         WHEREAS, on January 17, 1997, the Brandon High School

  8  Eagles Wrestling Team defeated A.P. Leto High School by a

  9  score of 73-4, which was the 292nd straight dual-meet win for

10  the team, and

11         WHEREAS, on January 18, 1997, the Brandon High School

12  Eagles extended their streak to 293 straight dual-meet wins by

13  defeating Chamberlain Senior High School by a score of 59-14,

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15         WHEREAS, the victory against A.P. Leto High School tied

16  the national record held by the Amherst, New York Sweet Home

17  High School volleyball team for most consecutive dual-meet

18  wins by any high school team in the United States in any

19  sport, and

20         WHEREAS, the victory against Chamberlain Senior High

21  School established a new national record, removing Amherst's

22  Sweet Home High School from the national record books, and

23         WHEREAS, the record had been set by Sweet Home High

24  School over a nine-year period from 1978 to 1987, and

25         WHEREAS, Brandon High's record-setting streak began in

26  January 1974 under Coach Jim Graves, who retired in 1980 with

27  a record of 97 wins, 11 losses, and one tie, and has continued

28  under the coaching of Russ Cozart, a former coach at

29  Chamberlain, whose dual-meet record at Brandon is 218 wins and

30  no losses, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9047

    577-109A-97






  1         WHEREAS, the Brandon High School Eagles Wrestling Team

  2  won state titles in 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992,

  3  1993, and 1995, and

  4         WHEREAS, the accomplishments of the Brandon High School

  5  Eagles Wrestling Team is a source of pride for Brandon High

  6  School, for the members of the wrestling team from 1974 to

  7  present, for their families, for their community, and for the

  8  State of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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10  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

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13         That the House of Representatives congratulates and

14  applauds the Brandon High School Eagles Wrestling Team, its

15  coaches and wrestlers, for their outstanding achievements and

16  in particular for establishing a new national record for

17  consecutive dual-meet wins in American high school athletics.

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