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GA SR758
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
Blake Tillery
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AI Summary
- Recognizes and commends the Vidalia Heritage Academy middle school football team for winning the 2019 Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools (GAPPS) State Championship with a perfect 11–0 record, defeating Cherokee Christian School 46–20 in the title game
- Vidalia Heritage Academy is a K3–12th grade private Christian school in Vidalia, Georgia, with approximately 400 students; the middle school football program began just four years prior and made the state playoffs in each of its first three seasons
- The season was dedicated to Kelley Franklin, mother of a team player, who was paralyzed from the chest down after falling from bleachers during a September 12 game and was later airlifted to Atlanta Medical Center and transferred to the Shepherd Spinal Cord and Brain Injury facility
- Eight members of the 20-player championship football team also played on the school's middle school baseball team, which won the GAPPS state championship in spring 2019
- The team was led by Head Coach and School Headmaster Jeff McCormick, along with assistant coaches Devin Frails, Seth Sitzman, and Jeffrey McCormick, Jr.
Legislative Description
Vidalia Heritage Academy Football Team; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/19/2020
Full Bill Text
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