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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Althoff Catholic High | ||||||
| 4 | School football team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Championship; | ||||||
| 6 | and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The Crusaders dispatched Dupo High School 60 to | ||||||
| 8 | 0, Carrollton High School 43 to 21, Casey-Westfield High | ||||||
| 9 | School 54 to 7, and Camp Point Central High School 58 to 19 on | ||||||
| 10 | their way to the championship game; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, The Crusaders defeated Lena Winslow High School | ||||||
| 12 | 57 to 14 to claim their fourth football state championship in | ||||||
| 13 | school history and the first since 1990; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, The defensive starters for the Crusaders | ||||||
| 15 | championship team are Jason Dowell-DE, Asher Peterson-DE, | ||||||
| 16 | William Schaeffer-DT, Cooper Zimmer-LB, Stephen Ache-LB, Drake | ||||||
| 17 | Mosely-LB, Baron Vaughn-LB, Xavier Chapman-S, Lorne Green-S, | ||||||
| 18 | Jamaris Saddler-CB, and Charleston Coldon-CB; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, The offensive starters for the Crusaders | ||||||
| 20 | championship team are Jayden Ellington-QB, Dierre Hill Jr.-RB, | ||||||
| 21 | Aaron Powell-FB/TE, Charleston Coldon-WR, Kylin Jordan-WR, | ||||||
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| 1 | Steven Brown-WR, Logan Davis-LT, Brock Rodgers-LG, Cameron | ||||||
| 2 | Golden-C, Jordan Wright-RG, and Patton Leib-RT; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, The All State players for the Crusaders are | ||||||
| 4 | Dierre Hill Jr., Jason Dowell, and Charleston Coldon; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, The coaching staff for the Crusaders are Head | ||||||
| 6 | Coach Austin Frazier, Byron Gettis, Jacob Campbell, Adnan | ||||||
| 7 | Al-Amami, Joe Habermehl, Kenneth Nance, Kenneth Powers, Justin | ||||||
| 8 | Williamson, Gregory Gibson, Ryne Harris, Adam McElligott, | ||||||
| 9 | Austin Givens, Freddy Edwards, and Raymond Winfrey; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, The team mantra for the Crusaders is "Stack Your | ||||||
| 11 | Brick"; 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 Althoff Catholic High School football | ||||||
| 15 | team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 Illinois High School | ||||||
| 16 | Association Class 1A State Championship, and we wish them many | ||||||
| 17 | more successful seasons; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the Crusaders' players and coaches as a symbol of | ||||||
| 20 | our respect and esteem. | ||||||