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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3		Representatives wish to recognize the 1970-71 and 1971-72
4		Thornridge High School Varsity Boys basketball teams, the
5		Falcons; and
6		WHEREAS, In the fall of 1967, Thornridge High School became
7		part of a plan to ensure that all students in District 205
8		would have the opportunity for a quality education, regardless
9		of color or zip code; it was determined that a small group of
10		eighth graders would be bussed that fall to Thornridge,
11		integrating the all-white campus; by 1970, the boys basketball
12		team was a racially-diverse group of athletes; they would go on
13		to win the 1971 and 1972 State Championships, the only
14		championships in Thornridge High School history, and become
15		known as the greatest high school basketball teams in Illinois
16		history; and
17		WHEREAS, The 1971-72 Falcons compiled a season-record of 33
18		wins and no losses, winning by an average of almost 33 points a
19		game and defeating 16 conference champions; the score of the
20		title game over Quincy of 104 to 69 remains a record for the
21		largest margin of victory; and
22		WHEREAS, Over the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons, the Falcons

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1		put together a winning streak of 58 games; and
2		WHEREAS, The starters for the 1970-71 and 1971-72 Falcons,
3		Quinn Buckner; Boyd Batts; Greg Rose; Ernest Dunn; Mike
4		Bonczyk; Michael Henry; Mark McClain; William "Nee" Gatlin;
5		James Loggins; and team Captain, Tony "Grubbs" Jackson, will be
6		present at a jersey retirement ceremony and celebration of the
7		greatest Illinois high school basketball teams in history on
8		February 23, 2017 at Thornridge Gymnasium in Dolton; therefore,
9		be it
10		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11		HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12		recognize the 1970-71 and 1971-72 Thornridge High School
13		Varsity Boys basketball teams, the Falcons; and be it further
14		RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
15		presented to Quinn Buckner; Boyd Batts; Greg Rose; Ernest Dunn;
16		Mike Bonczyk; Michael Henry; Mark McClain; William "Nee"
17		Gatlin; James Loggins; team Captain, Tony "Grubbs" Jackson; and
18		head coach, Ron Ferguson.