House Bill 9323

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9323

        By Representative Roberts-Burke






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the Miami Carol City

  3         High School Chiefs.

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  5         WHEREAS, on December 20, 1997, the Miami Carol City

  6  High School Chiefs captured their second consecutive Class 6A

  7  football state championship in a 20-17 victory over Lake City

  8  Columbia High School, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Chiefs rallied from behind to shut out the

10  Columbia Tigers in a second-half surge before a 6A

11  championship-game record crowd at the University of Florida's

12  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, and

13         WHEREAS, Miami Carol City claimed Dade County's 13th

14  state football title, the Chiefs having won three of that

15  number, and ranks as one of only four schools in state history

16  to repeat as a large-school champion, and

17         WHEREAS, under the leadership of Coach Walt Frazier,

18  team members Ethenic Sands, Brice Smith, Joel Pennerman,

19  Billee Haynes, Harvey Howard, Marquis Williams, Eddie Guyton,

20  Rory Newbold, Detrick Murray, Devon Sessions, Bobby Perry,

21  Robert Carter, Eldrick Harley, Stanford Samuels, Phillip

22  Ibisi, Jenkins William, Deontay Wilson, Dekolan James,

23  Jermaine Ponder, Dante McKay, Tavares Driessen, Jimmie Wyhce,

24  Moses Washington, Marion Wright, Clayton Starr, Samuel Hollis,

25  Oliver Barnes, Corey Bembry, Antariolon Weston, Tony London,

26  Victor Torres, Justin Harvard, Damion Johnson, Cornelius

27  Bembry, Michael Parks, Benedict Ibisi, Mark Turner, Venson

28  Rolle, Antwan McKinney, Johnovan Morgan, Litarris Murray,

29  Louis Lamb, Maurice Laurent, Demetrese Johnson, Jarvis Jeanty,

30  Guy Mazard, Taron Nicks, and Octavious Jackson finished the

31  season with a 15-0 record, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9323

    235-227B-98






  1         WHEREAS, Miami Carol City, with a record of 26

  2  consecutive victories, was ranked No. 1 in the state in the

  3  Gatorade Poll, winning the state's Super 25 Championship

  4  Trophy, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

  7  Florida:

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  9         That the House of Representatives hereby commends the

10  Miami Carol City High School Chiefs for winning the 1997 Class

11  6A football state championship.

12         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

13  be presented to Coach Walt Frazier, to Athletic Director Jeff

14  Parrish, and to Principal Mary Henry as a tangible token of

15  the sentiments expressed herein.

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