Bill Text: IL HR0088 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Calhoun High School girls volleyball team, the Warriors, on winning the 2024-2025 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls Volleyball State Championship for the first time in school history, leading Calhoun High School to become the first public high school in Illinois to obtain a triple crown.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-04 - Resolution Adopted [HR0088 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0088-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Calhoun High School | ||||||
| 4 | girls volleyball team, the Warriors, on winning the 2024-2025 | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls | ||||||
| 6 | Volleyball State Championship for the first time in school | ||||||
| 7 | history; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Warriors first achieved victory against | ||||||
| 9 | Cissna Park Senior High School 25-16, 25-23 in the State | ||||||
| 10 | Semifinals; the team then defeated Stockton High School 25-17, | ||||||
| 11 | 25-16 in the State Finals, despite both sets being tied 10-10 | ||||||
| 12 | at one point; the team made a number of memorable plays in the | ||||||
| 13 | process, including senior Joy Hurley leading the team with 10 | ||||||
| 14 | kills, senior Kate Zipprich making six kills and five solo | ||||||
| 15 | blocks, and junior Stella Gress leading with 12 digs; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Warriors' success marks the first time the | ||||||
| 17 | team has won the State Super-Sectionals and the State Finals; | ||||||
| 18 | in doing so, the team secured a triple crown for Calhoun High | ||||||
| 19 | School, making it the first public school in Illinois to | ||||||
| 20 | attain state championships across three sports in girls | ||||||
| 21 | volleyball, basketball (2015, 2016), and softball (2016); the | ||||||
| 22 | team also broke a school record with its stellar 39-2 record | ||||||
| 23 | this season; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Warriors are led by Head Coach Melissa | ||||||
| 2 | Zipprich, Assistant Coach Ann Gilman, and Team Manager Grace | ||||||
| 3 | Hurley; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Warriors include sophomores Gabby Hurley, | ||||||
| 5 | Lucy Hurley, Lilly Pelletier, and Annie Wilson, juniors Anabel | ||||||
| 6 | Eilerman, Stella Gress, Sadie Kiel, Carly Pohlman, Emma Rose, | ||||||
| 7 | Leila Schulte, and Mary Squier, and seniors Audrey Gilman, | ||||||
| 8 | Josie Hoagland, Joy Hurley, Abby Johnes, State Final | ||||||
| 9 | All-Tournament Athlete Lacy Pohlman, Caydence Sievers, and | ||||||
| 10 | State Final MVP Kate Zipprich, who broke the state record for | ||||||
| 11 | most blocks in a state championship match; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Warriors' historic season and its players' | ||||||
| 13 | achievements, concluding with a dominant performance at the | ||||||
| 14 | IHSA Class 1A Girls Volleyball State Final Tournament, have | ||||||
| 15 | brought joy to players' families, friends, school, and | ||||||
| 16 | community; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we congratulate the Calhoun High School girls volleyball team, | ||||||
| 20 | the Warriors, on winning the 2024-2025 Illinois High School | ||||||
| 21 | Association (IHSA) Class 1A Conference Girls Volleyball State | ||||||
| 22 | Championship for the first time in school history, leading | ||||||
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| 1 | Calhoun High School to become the first public high school in | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois to obtain a triple crown; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Head Coach Melissa Zipprich, Assistant Coach Ann | ||||||
| 5 | Gilman, and members of the Calhoun High School girls | ||||||
| 6 | volleyball team as a symbol of our respect and esteem. | ||||||