Bill Text: IL HR0983 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Coach Doug Creel of the Mt. Vernon Township High School boys basketball team on setting a school record with his 272 win.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0983 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0983-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 Coach Doug Creel of the | ||||||
| 4 | Mt. Vernon Township High School boys basketball team, the Rams, | ||||||
| 5 | on setting a school
record with his 272nd win; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Coach Creel has had 2 stints as Rams coach, during | ||||||
| 7 | which time he led the Rams to some of their most successful | ||||||
| 8 | seasons; his first season was the 1995-96
school year; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Starting in 1997, the Rams won 5 straight regional | ||||||
| 10 | titles; 3 times during
that stretch, the Rams won at least 25 | ||||||
| 11 | games; Coach Creel stepped down from his
position after the | ||||||
| 12 | 2007-08 season; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Coach Creel returned to coaching after a 6-year | ||||||
| 14 | absence; his first season back on the sidelines
ended with a | ||||||
| 15 | regional title; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Coach Creel scored his 272nd win, the most in Mt. | ||||||
| 17 | Vernon Township
High School boys basketball history, in a game | ||||||
| 18 | against Effingham High School; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The game in which Coach Creel broke the record | ||||||
| 20 | went down to the wire; it ended with 2 free throws in the last | ||||||
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| 1 | second of the
game to make it a 53 to 51 Rams victory; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Rams have an overall winning record under | ||||||
| 3 | Coach Creel's
leadership; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Coach Creel has devoted an immense amount of time, | ||||||
| 5 | energy, and effort to the Rams program; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | congratulate Coach Doug Creel of the Mt. Vernon Township High | ||||||
| 9 | School boys basketball team, the Rams, on setting a school | ||||||
| 10 | record with his 272nd win, and we wish him many more successful | ||||||
| 11 | years; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to Coach Doug Creel and the Rams.
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