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HR0779 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the East St. Louis Senior | ||||||
| 4 | High School boys basketball team, the Flyers, on winning the | ||||||
| 5 | 2026 Illinois High School Association Class 3A State | ||||||
| 6 | Championship; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The Flyers compiled a season record of 33 wins | ||||||
| 8 | and 4 losses on their way to the title, the second state | ||||||
| 9 | championship in program history, with both titles (2019 and | ||||||
| 10 | 2026) achieved under the leadership of Head Coach Mark | ||||||
| 11 | Chambers; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, The Flyers' success was recognized as #1 in the | ||||||
| 13 | State of Illinois and #47 nationally; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, The Flyers won the Proviso West Holiday | ||||||
| 15 | Tournament and the Illinois Southwestern Conference during | ||||||
| 16 | their run; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The Flyers' head coach, Mark Chambers, was named | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois Basketball Coaches Association State Coach of the | ||||||
| 19 | Year for the second time in his career; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, The Flyers are led and supported by Head Coach | ||||||
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| 1 | Mark Chambers, Assistant Coaches Jermaine Chambers, Darius | ||||||
| 2 | Austin, Carlton King, and Kelvin Mosby, Managers Marquis | ||||||
| 3 | Mcdougle and Mason Chambers, Athletic Director Darren Sunkett, | ||||||
| 4 | Assistant Athletic Director Brian Schoby, Athletic Trainer Tia | ||||||
| 5 | Berry, Statistician Terrence Hobson, Superintendent Arthur | ||||||
| 6 | Culver, and Principal Brittany Green; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The Flyers are Durand Sain, Rashaan Watson, | ||||||
| 8 | Rashaad Watson, Terri'yon Webster, Alex Johnson, Deatrick | ||||||
| 9 | Palmer, Jaidon Pelly, Devrice Johnson, Jamir Allen, Jamison | ||||||
| 10 | White, Jahadi White, Phillip Jones, Emaurion Jackson, and | ||||||
| 11 | Tyrik Barnes; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate the East St. Louis Senior High School boys | ||||||
| 15 | basketball team, the Flyers, on winning the 2026 Illinois High | ||||||
| 16 | School Association Class 3A State Championship, and we wish | ||||||
| 17 | them many more successful seasons; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the Flyers' coaches and players as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 20 | respect and esteem. | ||||||