House Bill 9101

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9101

        By Representative A. Greene






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the Glades Central High

  3         School Raiders, winners of the 1999 State Class

  4         3A High School Football Championship.

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  6         WHEREAS, in December 1999, the Glades Central High

  7  School Raiders made their third consecutive appearance in the

  8  State Class 3A high school football finals, and captured the

  9  1999 State Class 3A High School Football Championship by

10  defeating Live Oak-Suwannee High School 37-22 at Ben Hill

11  Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, and

12         WHEREAS, in winning the 1999 State Class 3A title, the

13  Glades Central High Raiders not only closed out an undefeated

14  season, but won their fourth state title, and achieved

15  back-to-back state championships for the second time in the

16  school's career, and

17         WHEREAS, besides being the second consecutive state

18  title for Glades Central, the victory over Live Oak-Suwannee

19  gave the Raiders a 20-game winning streak, the longest active

20  winning streak in the state, and

21         WHEREAS, among the many impressive statistics that

22  Glades Central High School has compiled is their total of 111

23  victories in the 1990's, a total that makes them one of only

24  five teams in the state with at least 100 wins in the decade,

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26         WHEREAS, the Raiders have scored a total of 987 points

27  in 2 years, an average of 34 points per game, while allowing

28  opponents a total of only 318 points, an average of 10.9

29  points per game, and

30         WHEREAS, the impressive accomplishments of the Glades

31  Central High Raiders football teams of 1998 and 1999 have

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  1  placed Glades Central High School in an elite category of high

  2  school football teams in the state, and

  3         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Glades

  4  Central High School Raiders be acknowledged for their

  5  outstanding 1999 regular season, for their 1999 postseason

  6  championship, and for achieving their second back-to-back

  7  state titles, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

10  Florida:

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12         That the House of Representatives of the State of

13  Florida hereby recognizes the Glades Central High School

14  Raiders, winners of the 1999 State Class 3A High School

15  Football Championship.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution

17  be presented to Milton Watson, Head Coach of the Glades

18  Central High School Raiders, to the assistant coaches, and to

19  each member of the Glades Central High School football team.

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