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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 the Murphysboro Eighth |
| 4 | | Grade Volleyball Team on winning the Southern Illinois Junior |
| 5 | | High School Athletic Association (SIJHSAA) Class L State |
| 6 | | Championship; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Murphysboro Blue Devils defeated DuQuoin in |
| 8 | | two closely-fought sets by scores of 26-24 and 25-23 to win the |
| 9 | | State Championship for the second straight year, finishing the |
| 10 | | season with an overall record of 28-8 and 12-0 in the |
| 11 | | Conference; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, In the run-up to the State Championship, the Blue |
| 13 | | Devils also captured their eighth consecutive Junior Southwest |
| 14 | | Egyptian Conference title; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Blue Devils have not only excelled on the |
| 16 | | court but also in the classroom, with a team average GPA of a |
| 17 | | 3.7 on a 4.0 scale; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, This season also featured the 1,000th combined |
| 19 | | career volleyball win for Blue Devils Head Coach Mike Layne, |
| 20 | | who has coached volleyball within the Murphysboro School |
| 21 | | District at both the middle and high school levels; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Assistant Coach of the Blue Devils is Jessica |
| 2 | | Whitehead, and the team is helped out by volunteer coaches Fred |
| 3 | | Schnautz, Darrly Backstrom, Lisa Shields, Marian Laughland, |
| 4 | | and Mike Laughland, as well as bus driver Roy Overturf, who has |
| 5 | | driven the team to every game for the past three years; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Blue Devils are Kayden Gilmore, Maddie Dallas, |
| 7 | | Malorie Gill, Zoey Cox, Sarah Cook, Morgan Boucher, Annie |
| 8 | | Decker, Hailey Tellor, Ellee Doerr, Alyssa Werner, Carlee |
| 9 | | Pullis, Brynnlie Fox, Lillie Rudolph, Shelby Cook, Tabytha |
| 10 | | Young, India Harris, and manager Emily Cue; therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 13 | | congratulate the Murphysboro Blue Devils Eighth Grade |
| 14 | | Volleyball Team on winning the SIJHSAA Class L State |
| 15 | | Championships, and we admire their commitment and dedication |
| 16 | | not only to their sport, but to their studies as well; and be |
| 17 | | it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to all members and coaches of the Blue Devils as a |
| 20 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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