A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Congratulating and commending the Wolsey-Wessington High School Boys Football Team as the 2014 South Dakota Class 9A Championship Runner-Up.

    WHEREAS, the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds overall season record was eleven wins and
one loss for the 2014 season and the Warbirds were defeated by Howard High School boys team in the Class 9A championship game by the score of thirty-two to twenty; and

    WHEREAS, the members of the Wolsey-Wessington State Class 9A Boys championship team were Lorenzo Williams, Bennett White, Lydnen Williams, Zach Luce, Tanner Waters, Hunter Johnson, Austin Kemnitz, Jerret Webber, Carter Langbehn, Logan Zemlicka, Lance Langbehn, Mark Hamilton, John Hamilton, Colton Borah, Seth Spiehs, Carter Mehling, Tyler Babcock, Riley Gohn, Darian Ogunjemilusi, Jayden Kahre, Corry Eggleston, Micheal Johnson, Tate Haider, Aaron Diekhoff, Jesse Mikrut, Lane Langbehn, Tyler Horn, Zane Wuestewald, Jaron Waters, Tanner Zemlicka, Dylan Hines, Diedrich Offt, Ethan Dargatz, Jacob Kahre, Brady Struck, Cole McGehee, Guy Plumb, Justin Feist, Logan Schiltz, Tyler Christianson, William Timm, Jaylon Graff, Braxton Hines, Caleb Brandt, and Jacob Sievers; and

    WHEREAS, the team was led by head coach Gordon Hooks; assistant coach Ralph Newton; student managers Darin Tschetter, Logan Schiltz, Brevan Hooks, Skyler Zomer, Tanner Horn, Caleb Liebnow; statisticians Brittany Bergquist, Bailey Zerfoss, Chelsey Langbehn, Ashley Robinson, and Kallie Carey; cheerleaders Alyssa Stevens, Ashley Christianson, Jadyn McCready, Courtney Quam, Keilyn Mariona, and Emma Abbott; and

    WHEREAS, multiple individuals on the Class 9A championship team won awards for their accomplishments, including All Conference Honors to Cole McGehee, Hunter Johnson, Dylan Hines, Larenzo Williams, Carter Langbehn, John Hamilton, and Darian Ogunjemilusi; All-State Honors to Cole McGehee, Larenzo Williams, Hunter Johnson, and honorable mention to Dylan Hines and Brady Struck. Larenzo Williams was selected for the KSFY Elite 45 Team and nominated

for the Gatorade Player of the Year; and

    WHEREAS, this was the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds first-ever trip to the DakotaDome and the school's first-ever state football championship appearance:
    

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Ninetieth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the South Dakota Legislature commends the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds Football Team for their 2014 Class 9A Runner-up Championship.