Bill Text: IL HR0170 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognize the 1970-71 and 1971-72 Thornridge High School Varsity Boys basketball teams.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0170 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0170-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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; team Captain, Tony "Grubbs" Jackson; and head | ||||||
| 6 | coach, Ron Ferguson, will be acknowledged at a jersey | ||||||
| 7 | retirement ceremony and celebration of the greatest Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | high school basketball teams in history on February 23, 2017 at | ||||||
| 9 | Thornridge Gymnasium in Dolton; therefore, be it
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| 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
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| 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.
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