Bill Text: IL HR0242 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Mt. Carmel Junior Golden Aces 8th grade boys basketball team on winning the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association Class L State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-10 - Resolution Adopted [HR0242 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0242-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the
Mt. Carmel | ||||||
4 | Middle School 8th grade boys basketball team on winning the | ||||||
5 | Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association | ||||||
6 | Class L State
Championship; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Junior Golden Aces defeated the Wildcats of | ||||||
8 | Marion in a hard-fought
battle after a terrific season; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Junior Golden Aces finished the regular season | ||||||
10 | with an impressive record of 15 wins and 6 losses; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Heading into the postseason, the Junior Golden | ||||||
12 | Aces knew they would be facing
great teams, but that did not | ||||||
13 | stop their determination to win; they won the regional title | ||||||
14 | after beating
Carmi and East Richland; in tournament play, they | ||||||
15 | overcame Murphysboro and pre-tournament favorite,
West | ||||||
16 | Frankfort; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The championship game started off strong for the | ||||||
18 | Junior Golden Aces, but the
Wildcats came back with a few good | ||||||
19 | runs and closed the gap to 1 point early in the third quarter; | ||||||
20 | the
Junior Golden Aces never gave up and ultimately beat the | ||||||
21 | Wildcats 68-54; and
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1 | WHEREAS, This is the first boys State championship title in | ||||||
2 | the history of Mt. Carmel Middle
School; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The hardworking members of the Mt. Carmel 8th | ||||||
4 | grade boys basketball team are
Ashton Walker, Logan Durham, | ||||||
5 | Austin Rager, Bret Doan, Luke Gould, Brock Plassman, Jaden | ||||||
6 | Merritt,
Zach Sutton, and Noah Singer; veteran coach Matt Leis | ||||||
7 | has led as head basketball coach for 14 years and Beau
Belt is | ||||||
8 | the assistant coach; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
11 | congratulate the Mt. Carmel Junior Golden Aces 8th grade boys
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12 | basketball team on winning the Southern Illinois Junior High | ||||||
13 | School Athletic Association Class L State Championship and wish | ||||||
14 | them many more years of success; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the Mt. Carmel Junior Golden
Aces as an expression | ||||||
17 | of our esteem and respect.
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