Bill Text: IL HR0427 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Benet Academy Lady Redwings on winning the 2015 IHSA Girls Basketball Class 4A State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-30 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli [HR0427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0427-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 Benet Academy Lady | ||||||
4 | Redwings on winning the 2015 Illinois High School Association | ||||||
5 | Girls Basketball Class 4A State Championship; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings began the season unranked; they | ||||||
7 | won 18 consecutive games, including 3 tournament | ||||||
8 | championships:
the Naperville Central Tip-Off tournament, the | ||||||
9 | Naperville North Holiday tournament, and the Montini
Christmas | ||||||
10 | tournament; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings final season record was 34 wins | ||||||
12 | and 3 losses; this included wins against 5 opponents ranked in
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13 | the top 10; their 34-3 record makes the 2014-15 Lady Redwings | ||||||
14 | the winningest basketball
team (boys or girls) in Benet Academy | ||||||
15 | history; and
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16 | WHEREAS, This year's Lady Redwings team is only the second | ||||||
17 | Benet Academy girl's basketball team to reach the tournament | ||||||
18 | downstate and the first
girl's basketball team to win State; | ||||||
19 | this year's team became one of only 2 schools in Illinois
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20 | history to win girls volleyball and basketball State | ||||||
21 | championships in the same year; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings' averaged 69 points per game and | ||||||
2 | held opponents to 48 points per game; they ranked in the top 25 | ||||||
3 | nationally by USA Today Super 25 Expert rankings; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings are Morgan Thomalla, Emma | ||||||
5 | Hlavin, Emily Schramek, Emily Eshoo, Colleen Pfister, Kathleen | ||||||
6 | Doyle, Sarni Valentine, Maddie Bozych, Megan Will, Elise Stout, | ||||||
7 | Sydney
Stephens, Emma Lyne, Kendal Schramek, and Katie | ||||||
8 | Jaseckas; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings are coached by Joe Kilbride; the | ||||||
10 | assistant coaches are Kelsey Stone and John Corrigan; | ||||||
11 | therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
13 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
14 | congratulate the Benet Academy Lady Redwings on winning the | ||||||
15 | 2015 Illinois High School Association Girls Basketball Class 4A | ||||||
16 | State Championship and we wish them many more successful years; | ||||||
17 | and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the Lady Redwings as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
20 | and respect.
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