LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Garden City Football Team and
Coach Tom Flatley upon the occasion of winning the 2009 Long Island
Championship

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, The Garden City Football Team are the 2009 Long Island Cham-
pions; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Tom Flatley and his team of outstanding
assistant coaches, skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for their
ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The team's overall record is outstanding, and the team
members were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family, fans,
friends and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the Garden City Football Team, from the
opening game of the season to participation in the championship, were a
brotherhood of athletic ability, of good sportsmanship, of honor and of
scholarship, demonstrating that these team players are second to none;
and
WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the team members have proven
themselves to be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favor-
ably on their school; and
WHEREAS, Coach Tom Flatley and his dedicated staff have done a superb
job in guiding, molding and inspiring the team members toward their
goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Tom Flatley and these outstanding athletes
have clearly made a contribution to the spirit of excellence which is a
tradition of their school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Garden City Football Team; its members: Tom Adams,
Kyle Minerva, Matthew Montgomery, Chris DiBona, Joe Tursi, Kevin
Dachille, Ryan Norton, Andrew D'Antonio, Jimmy Kenny, Tom Gordon, Mark
Ellis, Connor Cortese, Robert Savage, Patric Berkery, Andrew Calabro,
Liam Kennedy, Eugene Berkery, Scott D'Antonio, Mike Borges, Chris
Stapleford, Conor McDonnell, Brian Fischer, Bryan Carney, Stephen Jahel-
ka, James Wright, Joe Visentin, Mike Giannone, Matthew Slovensky, Billy
Allen, Anton Dobrolezhin, Brendan Logan, Joseph Gentile, Dan LoSardo,
Scott Conetta, Jack Hughes, Scott Ernenwein, Peter Cline, Connor Horl,
John Karikas, John Bock, Drew LoCurto, Mike Gilbert, Billy Sweeney,
Devin Dwyer, John Spencer, Thomas Fex, Matthew Confort, Andrew Connors,
Tom O'Brien, Patrick Niebler, Scott McElroy, Jared Mitchell, Griffin
Eilbeck; and Coaches: Tom Flatley, Joe Baccarella, Bob Defliese, David
Ettinger, Steve Finnell, and Pete Haeffner on their outstanding season
and overall team record; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Garden City Football Team and to Coach Tom Flatley.