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WHEREAS, high school football is a very competitive sport in Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, successful student athletes must be committed to rigorous training, teamwork, and good sportsmanship in addition to maintaining high academic achievement; and

WHEREAS, experience and dedicated leadership are critical to producing a winning team; and

WHEREAS, the Saint Louis School Crusaders football team is composed of talented and committed players; and

WHEREAS, founded in 1846, Saint Louis School is Hawaii's premier all-boys school, offering a college-preparatory program that includes award-winning programs in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Hawaiian Studies, Robotics and Engineering, Business Leadership, Athletics, and Performing Arts; and

WHEREAS, the Saint Louis Crusaders represent a proud tradition with a storied history, encouraging all student-athletes to embrace the school's emphasis on striving for excellence and exhibiting good sportsmanship, citizenship, and fair play; and

WHEREAS, the Saint Louis Crusaders believe that athletics is an important aspect of education and that it is important to help young men develop into responsible adults, building on and using the insights of Father William Joseph Chaminade to foster an atmosphere that challenges each young man to move beyond what he might perceive as obstacles to realize his full potential; and

WHEREAS, the Saint Louis Crusaders are led by head coach Cal Lee, offensive coordinator Ron Lee, and assistant coaches Tupu Alualu, Keone Batoon, Nainoa Campbell, Kenton Chun, Dane Cole, Robert Crowell, Sam Downey, Robert Fukuhara, Gery Graham, James Hall, Shawn Kalima, Aaron Mikami, Sean Pacheco, Frank Pahia, Vince Passas, Howard Peralta, Sam Taulealea, Leland Tobias, Wesley Tufaga, and Gerald Welch; and

WHEREAS, Cal Lee has served as the Saint Louis Crusaders Football Team's Head Coach for a combined 25 seasons, first in 1972, then from 1982-2001, and finally from 2014 to the present season, and is the most decorated and successful prep football coach in Hawaii history; and

WHEREAS, Cal Lee's leadership and coaching led to 14 Oahu Prep Bowl titles, the inaugural Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) Division I State Championship in 1999, the inaugural HHSAA Open Division State Championship in 2016, 20 Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) Division I Titles, and an amazing 55-game winning streak that lasted from 1985-1990 for the Saint Louis Crusaders; and

WHEREAS, in November of 2017, the Saint Louis Crusaders won yet another state football championship when the team defeated Kahuku High School, 31-28, in the Open Division final game at Aloha Stadium; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, that this body hereby congratulates the Saint Louis Crusaders on winning the 2017 Open Division title, applauds the

members, coaches, and staff of the team and the athletic program for their commitment to excellence and for providing life lessons outside of the classroom, and extends to them its best wishes for continued success in all future endeavors.

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Congratulating Saint Louis School Crusaders football team on their 2017 Open Division Title Championship

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	221
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII