Bill Text: IL HR0677 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the West Central Co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] boys basketball team, the Cougars, on winning the 2023-2024 Class 1A State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Resolution Adopted [HR0677 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0677-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the West Central Co-op | ||||||
| 4 | [Winchester-Bluffs] boys basketball team, the Cougars, on | ||||||
| 5 | winning the 2023-2024 Class 1A State Championship; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Cougars defeated Mounds Meridian 62 to 43 in | ||||||
| 7 | the championship game on March 9, 2024 at State Farm Center in | ||||||
| 8 | Champaign to claim the first boys basketball state | ||||||
| 9 | championship in the history of West Central; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Cougars finished the season with a record of | ||||||
| 11 | 36 wins and 3 losses, the most wins in a single season in | ||||||
| 12 | school history; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Cougars won all three of their regular season | ||||||
| 14 | tournaments, the Beardstown Thanksgiving Tournament, the | ||||||
| 15 | Waverly Holiday Tournament, and the 101st Winchester | ||||||
| 16 | Invitational Tournament, as well as going undefeated in the | ||||||
| 17 | Western Illinois Valley Conference Championship; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Cougars' road to a state championship was not | ||||||
| 19 | easy, and the team had to face many difficult opponents along | ||||||
| 20 | the way, including the 46-42 win in the Class 1A | ||||||
| 21 | Supersectional at the Jacksonville Bowl against the Illini | ||||||
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| 1 | Bluffs, a team with a historically successful basketball | ||||||
| 2 | program that featured a division one recruit; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The Cougars' semifinal opponent was Aurora | ||||||
| 4 | Christian; the team trailed for most of the game and was down | ||||||
| 5 | by eight points with 3 minutes 59 seconds remaining, but the | ||||||
| 6 | senior-laden squad did not give in and emerged with a 70 to 65 | ||||||
| 7 | double-overtime victory; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Cougars played against Mounds Meridian two | ||||||
| 9 | days later in the finals and had a strong start, including an 8 | ||||||
| 10 | to 0 run in the first quarter, and controlled the first half | ||||||
| 11 | with a 33 to 19 halftime lead; when the final buzzer sounded, | ||||||
| 12 | the team had earned a state championship victory; therefore, | ||||||
| 13 | be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate the West Central Co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] | ||||||
| 17 | boys basketball team, the Cougars, on winning the 2023-2024 | ||||||
| 18 | Class 1A State Championship, and we wish them many more | ||||||
| 19 | successful seasons; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be given | ||||||
| 21 | to each member of the Cougars team, Varsity Coach Ryan | ||||||
| 22 | Sichting, Assistant Coach Bill Jacquot, Assistant Coach Brady | ||||||
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