Second Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R980550.01 JAG
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Hagedorn;
also SENATOR Weddig.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-1010
WHEREAS, The Hinkley Thunderbirds football team recently
completed a stellar football season in which it won the 1997 Class
4A high school football championship; and
WHEREAS, In winning the championship game by a 6242
score, the Hinkley Thunderbirds earned their thirteenth victory
of the year, including both regular and postseason victories;
and
WHEREAS, This is the first high school football state
title ever earned by the Hinkley Thunderbirds; and
WHEREAS, Place kicker Jessica Hanneman became the
first female football player to score points in a Colorado state
final football game; and
WHEREAS, Center Adam Bryning and running back DeShawn
Perkins were selected to play in the Coaches Association of Colorado
All State Game; and
WHEREAS, The Hinkley Thunderbirds were led to victory
by head coach John Pounder, who was selected as both the Class
4A and the Denver Broncos Coach of the Year; and
WHEREAS, The accomplishments of the Hinkley Thunderbirds
during the 1997 season are an inspiration to us all; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
the Senate concurring herein:
That we, the members of the General Assembly, extend
our congratulations to the players and staff who comprise the
Hinkley Thunderbirds football team for their success in the 1997
season.
Be it further resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to John Pounder, Head Coach of the Hinkley Thunderbirds football team, and to Mike Nachazel, Principal of Hinkley High School.