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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to |
| 3 | | congratulate the West Central Co-op boys basketball team, the |
| 4 | | Cougars, on winning the 2023-2024 Illinois High School |
| 5 | | Association (IHSA) Class 1A State Championship; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team is a |
| 7 | | cooperative boys basketball team between Bluffs High School |
| 8 | | and Winchester High School; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team |
| 10 | | defeated the Meridian High School boys basketball team, the |
| 11 | | Bobcats, in the final championship game with a score of 62 to |
| 12 | | 43 at the State Farm Center in Champaign on March 9, 2024, |
| 13 | | marking the first state championship victory in the co-op's |
| 14 | | history as well as the school histories of Bluffs High School |
| 15 | | and Winchester High School; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team |
| 17 | | concluded the 2023-2024 season with a record of 36-3, earning |
| 18 | | the most wins for a single season in the co-op's history and |
| 19 | | the school histories of Bluffs High School and Winchester High |
| 20 | | School; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team |
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| 1 | | further won all three of its regular season tournaments, the |
| 2 | | Beardstown Thanksgiving Tournament, the Waverly Holiday |
| 3 | | Tournament, and the 101st Winchester Invitational Tournament; |
| 4 | | and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team was |
| 6 | | also named the champion of the Western Illinois Valley |
| 7 | | Conference (WIVC), remaining undefeated with a 9-0 record; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team |
| 9 | | performed with passion, dedication, and love for the game; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team |
| 11 | | includes seniors Mason Berry, Zack Evans, and Chance Little, |
| 12 | | juniors Carson Brown, Zac Howard, Caden Meyer, and Cameron |
| 13 | | Sievers, sophomores Carson Clevenger, Ryker Ford, and Nick |
| 14 | | Hamilton, and freshmen Gabe Howard and Blayne Sidwell; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The West Central Co-op boys basketball team is |
| 16 | | led by Varsity Coach Ryan Sichting and Assistant Coaches Bill |
| 17 | | Jacquot and Brady Slagle; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the |
| 20 | | West Central Co-op boys basketball team, the Cougars, on |
| 21 | | winning the 2023-2024 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) |