Bill Text: IL HR0716 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the 2023-2024 7th and 8th grade girls basketball team of Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School for winning the Chicago Public School district-wide championship, CPS Score!.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0716 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0716-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the 2023-2024 7th and 8th | ||||||
| 4 | grade girls basketball team of Alexander Graham Bell | ||||||
| 5 | Elementary School for winning the Chicago Public School | ||||||
| 6 | district-wide championship, CPS Score!; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein of the girls Bell Blaze team | ||||||
| 8 | remains committed to girls athletics and has instilled the | ||||||
| 9 | values of hard work and sportsmanship in his players; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Assistant Coaches Jessica Ransom, Jermaine Marks, | ||||||
| 11 | and Derek Yerkovich have also been crucial to the success of | ||||||
| 12 | the Bell Blaze team; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein started the girls Basketball | ||||||
| 14 | program in 1993 and has been head coach since; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, This district-wide championship marks Coach Mark | ||||||
| 16 | Klein's fourth consecutive championship win; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Bell Blaze team members are Vega | ||||||
| 18 | Ransom-Marks, Mary Hickman, Allie Reynolds, Nicole Toledo, | ||||||
| 19 | Eliana Snopek, Alana Kroot, Lucia Azzarello, Callie Possinger, | ||||||
| 20 | Paniz Baluch, Eva Yerkovich, Jordyn Alfarara, Mia Fojtik, Zoe | ||||||
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| 1 | Shey, and Sarah Neely; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The team displayed exemplary defense, | ||||||
| 3 | understanding that patience and cooperation in these | ||||||
| 4 | situations would allow for fast-breaks and opportunities to | ||||||
| 5 | take chances; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Despite the team's hardships due to multiple | ||||||
| 7 | player injuries, the result of their success stems from | ||||||
| 8 | superior ball movement and coming together as a united front; | ||||||
| 9 | therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we congratulate Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School on the | ||||||
| 13 | district-wide championships of their 7th and 8th grade girls | ||||||
| 14 | basketball team; and be it further
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