--- title: HR 337. North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team; winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr337 cite_as: HR 337, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr337 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr337.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr337/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70627 date: 2025-02-20 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team; winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship; commend ## Text House Resolution 337 By: Representatives Cox of the 28th, Jasperse of the 11th, McDonald III of the 26th, Barrett of the 24th, Clark of the 100th, and others A RESOLUTION Congratulating the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team has established and maintained a proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and WHEREAS, excellent performance, superior teamwork, and extraordinary resilience made this team a spectacular one to observe throughout the season, and as a fitting finale to its remarkable 2024-2025 campaign, the team captured its second state cheerleading championship in a row; and WHEREAS, the phenomenal performance of the team is a clear indication of the outstanding athletic ability, dedication, hard work, and unity of purpose and spirit of each member of the team, and the astute direction of Head Coach Jessica Wood and Assistant Coaches Abby Smith and Reed Jackson; and WHEREAS, this all-star team included Katie Grace Kim, Lilly Letourneau, Shay Gayton, Reese Hoaglund, Addie Lawson, Riley Smith, Taylor Holloman, Emma Meyers, Ally Stanfield, Brynn Granade, Ashlee Hamel, Kennedy Nicholson, Mia Pilling, Grace Stokes, Madison Stokes, and Reese Thatcher; and WHEREAS, as this magnificent team earned its well-deserved reputation for excellence by performing with courage and precision over months of training and competition, it is abundantly proper to call them champions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship and extend best wishes for their continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution formally congratulates the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship. ### Plain-language summary This is a commendation resolution passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law; instead it formally recognizes the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for capturing its second consecutive state cheerleading championship in the 2024-2025 season. The resolution praises the team's performance, teamwork, and coaching, names the head coach, assistant coaches, and all team members, and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for the team. ### What it does - Congratulates the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A state championship. - Names Head Coach Jessica Wood and Assistant Coaches Abby Smith and Reed Jackson for their leadership of the team. - Lists all sixteen team members by name in the resolution's text. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team. ### Who it affects The North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team, its head coach and assistant coaches, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is directed to prepare a copy of the resolution for the team. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal effect and changes no Georgia law. Its significance is symbolic: it gives the team and coaches official recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives for their championship season, which the school and community can keep as a formal record. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe the team's back-to-back state championship win and credit the coaching staff and each named athlete. - The resolving clause has the House of Representatives congratulate the team and wish them continued success. - A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-20) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-02-20) - Sponsors: Brent Cox, Rick Jasperse, Lauren McDonald, Carter Barrett, David Clark, Todd Jones - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70627 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr337.md?full=1