Bill Text: IL HR0301 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Morton High School Lady Potters on winning the 2017 Illinois High School Association Girls Basketball Class 3A State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0301 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0301-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 congratulate the Morton High
School | ||||||
4 | Lady Potters on winning the 2017 Illinois High School | ||||||
5 | Association Girls Basketball Class 3A State
Championship; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters are the defending girls 3A | ||||||
7 | basketball State champions for the third year
running, during | ||||||
8 | which they have built an overall record of 100 wins and eight | ||||||
9 | losses; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters finished the season with a record | ||||||
11 | of 34 wins and two losses; they won the
Morton Thanksgiving | ||||||
12 | Tournament, the Peoria Regional, the Limestone Sectional, the | ||||||
13 | Bureau Valley Super
Sectional, and were the Mid-Illini | ||||||
14 | Conference Champions; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters won a number of important games | ||||||
16 | during the 2017 season, including defeating Chicago Simeon by a | ||||||
17 | score of 56 to 41, and clenching the State Championship by | ||||||
18 | defeating Rochester by a score of 44 to 37; and
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19 | WHEREAS, The 2017 championship team roster included Brandi | ||||||
20 | Bisping, Jacey Wharram, Josi Becker,
Caylie Jones, Kassidy | ||||||
21 | Shurman, Tenley Dowell, Megan Gold, Claire Kraft, Bridget Wood, |
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1 | Maddy Becker,
Lindsey Dullard, Courtney Jones, and Olivia | ||||||
2 | Remmert; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters are led by Head Coach Bob Becker, | ||||||
4 | who in his 18 years as head coach has
crafted an impressive | ||||||
5 | record of 415 wins and 144 losses, and by Assistant Coaches | ||||||
6 | Bill Davis, Megan Hasler, and Brooke Bisping; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
9 | join the many friends and fans of the Morton High School Lady | ||||||
10 | Potters in congratulating them for winning the 2017 Girls Class | ||||||
11 | 3A Basketball State Championship and we wish them continued | ||||||
12 | success and a repeat championship in 2018; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the Lady Potters as an expression of
our esteem | ||||||
15 | and respect.
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