--- title: SR 632. River Ridge High School Boys Soccer Team; congratulate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr632 cite_as: SR 632, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr632 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr632.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr632/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72485 date: 2026-01-29 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr631.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr633.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 94 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr632.md?full=1 bill_number: SR 632 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-01-29 last_action: Senate Read and Adopted sponsors: - John Albers - Kay Kirkpatrick - Jason T. Dickerson text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SR632/2025 upstream_id: 2100780 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - high school sports - soccer - legislative recognition - Georgia Senate resolutions --- # SR 632. River Ridge High School Boys Soccer Team; congratulate ## Text Senate Resolution 632 By: Senators Albers of the 56th, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and Dickerson of the 21st A RESOLUTION Congratulating the River Ridge High School boys soccer team for winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the River Ridge High School boys soccer team has established and maintained a proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and WHEREAS, excellent play, superior teamwork, and extraordinary resilience made this team a spectacular one to observe throughout the season, and as a fitting finale to its remarkable 2025 campaign, the team captured back-to-back state soccer championships; and WHEREAS, the team brought special recognition to its school and the state of Georgia by winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship against Sprayberry High School; 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; its superb offensive and defensive talents; and the astute direction of Head Coach Phil Thomas; 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 SENATE that the members of this body congratulate the River Ridge High School boys soccer team for winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship and extend best wishes for their continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the River Ridge High School boy soccer 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 Senate resolution congratulates the River Ridge High School boys soccer team for winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate honoring the River Ridge High School boys soccer team after it won the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship, defeating Sprayberry High School. The resolution praises the team's performance, teamwork, and the coaching of Head Coach Phil Thomas. It does not change any Georgia law. Its only formal actions are to have the Senate officially congratulate the team and to direct the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for the team. ### What it does - Formally congratulates the River Ridge High School boys soccer team for winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship. - Extends the Senate's best wishes to the team for continued future success. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the team. ### Who it affects The River Ridge High School boys soccer team, its head coach Phil Thomas, and the school community are directly named. The resolution has no effect on the broader public or on any area of Georgia law. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect and changes no Georgia law. Its significance is symbolic: it gives the team official recognition from the state Senate for their championship season. ### Key provisions - The resolved clause has the Senate congratulate the team for winning the 2025 GHSA 5A State Soccer Championship. - A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to the team. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-01-29) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2026-01-29) - Sponsors: John Albers, Kay Kirkpatrick, Jason T. Dickerson - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72485 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr632.md?full=1