HR135: Commending the Fauquier High School wrestling team.


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 135
Offered February 28, 2020
Commending the Fauquier High School wrestling team.
Patron-- Webert

WHEREAS, the Fauquier High School wrestling team won the Virginia High School League Class 4 State Championship at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg on February 22, 2020; and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier High School Falcons edged out the Great Bridge High School Wildcats of Chesapeake by a score of 170.5–164 for the program’s third state title in the past six years and its seventh consecutive top-seven finish at the state tournament; and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier High School Falcons entered the state tournament having recently won the Class 4 Northwestern District Championship and the Region 4C title; and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier High School Falcons got off to an early start and took the lead for good after D.J. Richards’ win in the 126-pound event; and

WHEREAS, the victory was sealed by Sam Fisher, who became the first four-time state champion in the program’s history with his win in the 182-pound category; and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier High School Falcons were carried by strong performances from Ben Bell, Casey Burr, Gino Camarca, Eric DeWald, Reece Kuhns, and Thomas Heisler; and

WHEREAS, the accomplishments of the Fauquier High School Falcons are the result of the hard work and dedication of the student-athletes, the leadership and guidance of their coaches and teachers, and the unwavering support of the entire Fauquier High School community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Fauquier High School wrestling team for winning the 2020 Virginia High School League Class 4 State Championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Doug Fisher, coach of the Fauquier High School wrestling team, as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the team’s achievement and best wishes for the future.