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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Rochester
4Rockets varsity football team on winning the 2013 Illinois High
5School Association (IHSA) Class 4A State Football
6Championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets defeated the Geneseo Maple
8Leafs 16-8 to claim victory at the IHSA Class 4A State Football
9Tournament; the victory marks the fourth consecutive State
10title for the Rochester Rockets, a rare history making
11distinction never previously achieved by a public school in the
12entire State; the football team was first fielded in 1994, and,
13in just 15 years, became a history-making high school football
14program; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The 2013 regular season Rochester Rockets scored
16363 points and only allowed 136 points to be scored against
17them even though Rochester High School enrollment is 682 and
18the average high school enrollment of their opponents is 1,021;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Combining the 4 straight State championship
21years, the Rochester Rockets have scored 2389 points total and
22only allowed 970 from their opponents; for the

 

 

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12009-2010-2011-2012-2013 football seasons, they have a playoff
2record of 20 wins and one loss; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets are Colton Piper, Drew Hill,
4Robbie Kelley, Tre Fry, Collin Stallworth, Marshall Call,
5Johnny Jones, Matt Swaine, Blake Thompson, Daniel Zeigler,
6Jeremy Bivens, Josh Grant, Nathaniel Johnson, Tyler Mazzini,
7Nubia Fokum, Logan Kain, Nate Slot, Drake Berberet, Bret
8Sandvoss, Mason Farris, Grant Hebenstreit, Alex Ulbrich, Grant
9Fitzsimmons, Collin Etherton, Brandon Boggs, Kenny Hedges,
10Luke Bucher, Eli Wall-Lampkin, Evan Sembell, Brent Sommer,
11Austin Mathis, Chase Kuntzman, Alex Richards, Connor Vose,
12Colten Shadis, Eric Yakle, Britton Swaine, David Gunter, Dallas
13Greer, Dylan Handlin, Gant Wheeler, Gunnar Monical, Zach
14Denning, Josh Drendel, Chris Steil, Bo Johnson, Adam Doedtman,
15Alec Holzmacher, Steven Russell, Austin Staton, Hunter Brooks,
16Christian Hedges, Jake King, Cole McMinn, Alec Biggs, Jasper
17Capriotti, Owen Hamelin, Evan Chastain, Jake LeCrone, Tyler
18Cotton, Brandon Jones, Matthew Briggs, Zach Wenger, Connor
19Brewer, Tyler Sommer, Niall Sullivan, Robert Seaton, Brennan
20Stanfield, Zach Geller, Luke Gragert, Talon Tapscott, Chris
21Grant, Brock Buscher, Paxton Sanchez, Nathaniel Fisher, Liam
22Biesiada, Evan McMinn, and Hunter Evans; their head coach is
23Derek Leonard, and the assistant coaches are Derrick Nelson,
24Troy Piper, Jim Smith, JC Clarke, Steve Buecker, Tyson Corley,
25Joe Oller, Brad Leonard, David Maciejewski, and Brett Tackett;

 

 

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1and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets serve as models of hard
3work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State;
4therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate the Rochester Rockets varsity football team on
8winning the 2013 Illinois High School Association Class 4A
9State Football Championship; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Rochester Rockets head coach Derek Leonard as a
12symbol of our esteem and respect.