Skip to main content
Back to search resultsResolution 110888

Honoring and Celebrating the Overbrook Monarchs Football Team on winning the 65lb. American Conference Championship by defeating the Plymouth Whitemarsh Spartans 27 to 0.

View file history View official file on Legistar →

File details

Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
December 1, 2011
Sponsors
Curtis Jones, Jr.CGCouncilmember GreenleeCRCouncilmember RizzoCDCouncilmember DiCiccoCTCouncilmember TascoCRCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCMCouncilmember MillerCKCouncilmember KenneyCCCouncilmember Clarke

Full Bill

WHEREAS, On the heels of the football field and equipment shed being vandalized, the Overbrook Monarchs 65lb Team went on to have a spectacular 2011 season consisting of 8 wins and 1 loss. Most importantly, on Saturday, November 26, 2011 the Monarchs defeated the Plymouth Whitemarsh Spartans winning` the 65lb American Conference Championship; and

WHEREAS, Led by Head Coach Richard 'Bam' Carr, Offensive Coach Eric Edwards and Defensive Coach 'Coach Curt', the 21 member football team, closed out their final game of the season with an aggressive and unique offensive strategy. Mirroring a popular formation from the 1940's and 50's, the Monarchs offensive team ran a 'Single Wing' formation leaving the Plymouth Whitemarsh Spartans to regroup; and

WHEREAS, The Overbrook Monarchs embody the motto, 'The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.' Through this mindset, the Monarchs have instilled pride, teamwork, sportsmanship, quality work ethic, discipline and awareness in all their athletes; and

WHEREAS, Through the foundation of these guiding principles, the Monarchs have been successful in developing the next generation of leaders through athletic and academic achievement. With winning several conference championships in different weight classes and demanding excellence in the classroom, these coaches give our youth the opportunity to participate in an activity that promotes a healthy and active lifestyle on and off the field while preparing them for a productive future; now therefore

RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Hereby honors and celebrates the Overbrook Monarchs Football Team on winning the 65lb. American Conference Championship by defeating the Plymouth Whitemarsh Spartans 27 to 0.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Head Coach Richard 'Coach Bam' Carr as evidence of the sincere admiration of this legislative body.

End

Timeline

File history

A file can move through several public steps, including introduction, hearings, amendments, votes and final action. This timeline puts those events in date order, groups routine entries from the same day, and attaches published member votes to the action they record.

  1. Council ActionCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

    Official action detail

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

    View official action on Legistar ↗
  2. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Jones that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

    View official action on Legistar ↗