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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HR 1024 3
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By: Representative Puryear 5
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HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
TO RECOGNIZE THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKS AS THE 2025 9
CLASS 4A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS. 10
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TO RECOGNIZE THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKS 14
AS THE 2025 CLASS 4A FOOTBALL STATE 15
CHAMPIONS. 16
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WHEREAS, the Elkins High School Elks football team won the 2025 Class 18
4A state championship held on December 13, 2025, at War Memorial Stadium in 19
Little Rock, Arkansas; and 20
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WHEREAS, the Elks won the championship game by beating the Dardanelle 22
High School Sand Lizards with a final score of thirty-one (31) points to 23
fourteen (14) points; and 24
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WHEREAS, with their victory in the championship game, the Elks obtained 26
their first ever state championship title in program history; and 27
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WHEREAS, the Elks completed the season with a record of fourteen wins 29
and one loss (14-1); and 30
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WHEREAS, the Elks team members were Brad Walker, Ben Napier, Ki'Onte 32
Martin, Jeb Slaughter, Isaiah Haywood, Connor Hamm, Zander Bowlin, Tate 33
Mortin, Cason Roten, SR Williams, Treyton Whittle, Austin Born, Hunter Smith, 34
Joshua Hamm, Carson Rico, Alex Vecchi, Danny Boyd, Trey Ryan, Jett Johnson, 35
Dominick Morgan, Jake Johnson, Tayte Parkes, Jeremiah Putnam, Dalton Newman, 36
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Maverick Fallen, Brayden Walker, Cameron Drummond, Presley Srita, Brooks 1
Williams, Ricardo Flores, Grayson Mixon, Ethan Mortin, Takoda Campbell, Logan 2
Powell, Zaiden Booth, Laken Rogers, Hudson Switzer, Deuce Venable, Kash 3
Smith, Wyatt Bulliard, Chase Baird, Berry Huntley, Cannon Rogers, Parker 4
Wood, Lucas Meyer, Ryder Blanton, Hunter Summers, Hayden Baublits, Caleb 5
Dinkins, Matthew Putnam, Noah Burris, Robert Ortiz, Isaac Meyer, Jake 6
Ketcher, Merrick Nall, Zach Southan, Daxen Muller, Silas Bremhorst, Bentley 7
Denham, Alaki Camacho, Dawson Mallis, Eric Nowlin, Aiden Venable, and Alias 8
Camacho; and 9
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WHEREAS, the Elks managers were Kaden Kunz, Mason Ferguson, Hannah 11
Duling, Kenzie Blundell, Ashton Todd, George Torres, Kaden Payne, Laird 12
Hudgins, Krash Poteete, and Caynen Smith; and 13
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WHEREAS, the Elks were supported by athletic trainer Jeff White, 15
Director of Athletics Steven Fein, and Superintendent Jeremy Mangrum; and 16
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WHEREAS, the Elks were led by Head Coach Zach Watson, Defensive 18
Coordinator Alex Burris, and Assistant Coaches Jude Bartholomew, Scott 19
Poteete, Tyler Dorton, Callen Cleveland, and Chris Smith; and 20
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WHEREAS, Elks Head Coach Zach Watson said of the victory, "It's 22
unbelievable. It's overwhelming. It means everything to our community. You 23
know, a lot of people didn't have us getting back here and pulling this thing 24
off. And, this speaks to the community, our faculty and administration, our 25
players, a little bit with the chip on their shoulder and all pulling in the 26
same direction, and you know, that's what propelled us back here and that's 27
what led us to a victory tonight.", 28
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NOW THEREFORE, 30
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 31
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 32
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THAT the House of Representatives recognize the Elkins High School Elks 34
football team as the 2025 Class 4A state champions. 35
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 1
presented to Head Coach Zach Watson by the Chief Clerk of the House of 2
Representatives. 3
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