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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to recognize notable achievements in
4 high school sports; and
5 WHEREAS, On Saturday, November 24, 2001, the Downers
6 Grove South High Mustangs won their first State Class 8A Boys
7 Football Championship in Champaign; and
8 WHEREAS, The Mustangs defeated number one ranked
9 Naperville Central by a score of 34 to 31 before a crowd of
10 10,509; and
11 WHEREAS, The game-winning seven-yard touchdown pass was
12 made with 38 seconds remaining on the clock; and
13 WHEREAS, Naperville Central's last possession resulted in
14 an interception by the Mustangs with 23 seconds left; and
15 WHEREAS, On the road to Champaign, the Mustangs defeated
16 Belleville East High School by a score of 48 to 14, Fremd
17 High School by a score of 48 to 27, Sandburg High School by a
18 score of 31 to 14, and Maine South High School by a score of
19 35 to 34 in overtime; and
20 WHEREAS, After starting the season with a record of one
21 win and two losses, the Mustangs won 11 games in a row
22 including an overtime defeat of 2000 State Champion Maine
23 South; and
24 WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune proclaimed, "The Underdogs
25 are Top Dogs!"; and
26 WHEREAS, The Mustang's head coach is John Belskis and
27 assistant coaches are David Burton, Brett Chilar, Terry Kent,
28 Paul Maggiore, Terry McCombs, Jack McInerney, Tony Nevrly,
29 and Mark Wiggins; and
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1 WHEREAS, The members of the team include Pat Sathissarat,
2 Mike Sharp, Mike Cuzzone, Khyam Masud, Kitt Kopach, Mitch
3 Szczepaniak, Joe Wesley, Josh Wieties, Phil Lampugnano, Matt
4 Smogor, Tom Christoff, Dustin Szczepaniak, Bob Dreveny, Kris
5 Coffee, Josh Pasquesi, Fred Dudek, Erik Newman, Steve
6 Meiners, Kevin Amoo, Bob Nakielny, Isiah Johnson, Kent
7 Hughes, Dan Williams, Brandon Grunnet, Andrew Geocaris, T. J.
8 Fuller, Kyle Pott, Adam Marchewka, Brett Vollmar, Josh
9 Jernigan, Daryll Hammond, Pat Bailey, Dan Murphy, Phil
10 Bridges, Sam Carson, Jake Martin, Alex Schultz, Sal Deluca,
11 Joe Enzbigilis, Pat Laporta, Bob Curran, Josh Poynton, Dave
12 Rupe, Dominic Logan, Nick Ballestra, Brian Worrasange, Adam
13 Mugnaini, Jim Schmidt, Jeff Miller, Dan O'Dell, Jeff Viano,
14 Jim Loehman, Joe Horeni, Harry Petrakos, Charlie Wilkinson,
15 Jim Kucera, Justin Wesley, Joe Denk, Mike Johnson, Dru
16 Filkins, Martin O'Donnell, Barry Barretto, Kevin Gage, Paul
17 Niznik, Mark Skiba, Adam Lester, Chris Polinski, Jim Loszach,
18 Dan Ozga, Kent Richard, Greg Wagner, Josh Panozzo, Troy
19 Michalek, Marc Piscitiello, Adam Herzog, Terence Pirtle, Nate
20 Arndt, Germaine Clifton, and Josh Blazek; therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23 we congratulate the Downers Grove South High School Football
24 Team on winning their first State Class 8A Boys Football
25 Championship; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to John Belskis, the head coach of the Mustangs,
28 assistant coaches, David Burton, Brett Chilar, Terry Kent,
29 Paul Maggiore, Terry McCombs, Jack McInerney, Tony Nevrly,
30 and Mark Wiggins, and to each member of the Mustang team as
31 an expression of our esteem.