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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING TOM MILEWSKI, CRANSTON WEST HIGH SCHOOL HEAD

FOOTBALL COACH, ON RECEIVING THE "2018 COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD"

FROM THE PROVIDENCE GRIDIRON CLUB

     

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Lombardi, Miller, Lynch Prata, and Ruggerio

     Date Introduced: May 01, 2019

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Tom Milewski, the Cranston West High School Football Head Coach newly

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appointed in 2018, quickly improved the success of his team when he led Cranston West to a

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successful 8-4 season in 2018, and their first Super Bowl appearance since 2005; and

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     WHEREAS, Coach Milewski had been an Assistant Coach on the Cranston West staff for

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twenty years, and therefore had the experience and player-personnel knowledge necessary to

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succeed. Through the years, Coach Milewski learned that being flexible and willing to alter a

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game plan, or shifting personnel in response to team needs or game situations, is a vital

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component to coaching; and

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     WHEREAS, From the beginning of training and practices in August, Coach Milewski

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was able to get the entire team to not only trust and believe in him, but also to believe in

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themselves. From the team’s opening game victory at Cumberland High School, the Cranston

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West Football Team gave notice that they were going to be a force with which to be reckoned;

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and

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     WHEREAS, Throughout the 2018 season, the Cranston West Football Team was a

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focused, disciplined and hard-hitting team that, combined with Coach Milewski’s innovative

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game-planning and play calling, were able to compete with and often beat teams with superior

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talent and more experience; and

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     WHEREAS, The 2018 Cranston West Football Team surprised Rhode Island High

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School football observers and marched all the way to the Rhode Island Interscholastic Football

 

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League Super Bowl, where they fell in a heartbreakingly close game to North Kingstown. None

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of their most recent success would have been possible without the outstanding leadership and

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guidance provided by Cranston West Football Coach Tom Milewski; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby congratulates Cranston West Head Football Coach Tom Milewski on receiving the “2018

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Coach of the Year Award” from the Providence Gridiron Club; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Tom Milewski, Head Football Coach,

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Cranston West High School.

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