2019-01-01 Preston Turner Packet VersionPittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
RESOLUTION
2019-01-01
VIRGINIA: At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of
Supervisors on January 15, 2019, in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields
Courthouse Addition, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, in 1972, Carlton Johnson set the Virginia High School League varsity football
single-game touchdown record by scoring eight (8) touchdowns; since then, this mark has
been matched six (6) times; and
WHEREAS, in the Fall of 2017, this 45-year-old Virginia High School League record was
broken by Preston Turner, a Chatham High School Cavalier; and
WHEREAS, during Chatham High School’s first home football game of the season, Preston
surpassed the previous single-game touchdown mark of eight (8), by scoring nine (9) times in
the 79-54 rout of the James River Knights; and
WHEREAS, while breaking the VHSL record for the most touchdowns in a single game,
Preston also broke several school records along the way; and
WHEREAS, in the same game, Preston scored eight (8) rushing touchdowns (a new
school record); rushed for 448 yards (a new school record); and caught one (1) touchdown
pass for twenty-seven (27) yards, bringing his total yards from scrimmage for the game to four
hundred seventy-five (475) (a new school record); and scored nine (9) total touchdowns; and
WHEREAS, Preston is currently continuing his football career at Virginia Union University in
Richmond, Virginia, and has performed admirably, bringing recognition not only to himself,
but to his school, his County, and its citizens.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, on
the behalf of all County citizens, express their sincere appreciation, admiration, and
congratulations to Preston Turner for his accomplishments of breaking both the
aforementioned Chatham High School and VHSL Football records.
Given under my hand this 15th day of January, 2019.
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Joe B. Davis, Chairman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors