South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 5128

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Lowe, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, B.Newton, W.Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M.Rivers, S.Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow

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Introduced in the House on March 20, 2018

Adopted by the House on March 20, 2018

Summary: Lamar High School Football Team

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

3/20/2018HouseIntroduced and adopted (House Journalpage64)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/20/2018

AHOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THELAMAR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN OUTSTANDINGSEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING THE 2017 SOUTH CAROLINA CLASS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the members of the Lamar High School football team took top honors at the state competition; and

Whereas, Lamar won its fifth state football championship in recordsetting fashion. Running back Jacquez Lucas scored six touchdowns, and the Silver Foxes scored on their first ten possessions in the first half on their way to a 7446 win againstBaptist Hill in the Class A State Championship game; and

Whereas, Lamar is now 384 in their last three seasons with three State Championship appearances, winning two of these. The Silver Foxes’ seventyfour points are the most in state championship history. They amassed a total of five hundred ninetyseven yards on the ground and one hundred twentyfive more in the air for a total of seven hundred twentytwo yards; and

Whereas, the offensive line paved the way for a potent attack led by Chandler Johnson, Shane Amerson, Jordan Green, Deshawn Cesar, and Troy Windham. Tyrik Herion rushed for two hundred fortyeight yards and two touchdowns, while Jacquez Lucas had two hundred twentyone yards rushing and scored five touchdowns. For the season, Tyrik finished with 1,732 yards and sixteen touchdowns, while Jacquez finished with 1,375 yards rushing and scored eighteen touchdowns. Jacquez was also Lamar’s top receiver with twentyfour catches for five hundred thirtyeight yards and eight touchdowns. Malik Johnson, who caught two touchdown passes in the title game, finished the season with twentyone grabs for five hundred five yards and seven touchdowns; and

Whereas, steady senior leader Rashard Coleman threw three touchdown passes in the title game to finish with twentyone touchdown passes on the season and only two interceptions. He finished his season with 1,428 passing yards; and

Whereas, defensively, David Cribb ended up as the team’s leading tackler with one hundred twentynine total tackles. Jalen Langley added ninety tackles, and Kegan Sparks tallied seventysix. Nicase Stevenson had eightyfour tackles, and Mac McManus had seventyfour total tackles; and

Whereas, Malik Johnson had two interceptions in the title game and finished with five on the year, as did Cam Galloway, who also had a pick in the championship game. Lamar had twentyseven interceptions and twentyfive fumble recoveries for a total of fortytwo turnovers created for the year; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representativesare gratefulforthe pride and recognition that theLamar High School football players have brought to their school and community and look to hear of their future success and continued accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor the Lamar High School football team, coaches, and school officials for an outstanding season and congratulate them for winning the 2017 South Carolina Class A State Championship title

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Principal Kathy Gainey and Head Coach Corey Fountain.

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