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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Althoff Catholic High 
4School boys soccer team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 
5IHSA Class 2A State Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Crusaders dispatched Litchfield High School, 
7Civic Memorial High School, Carbondale Community High School, 
8Triad High School, Glenwood High School, Lemont High School, 
9and De La Salle High School on their way to the first 
10championship in school history for the boys soccer team; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Crusaders compiled a regular season record of 
1226 wins and four losses on their way to the title; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Crusaders finished second in the state 
14tournament in 2021 and 2022 and have won 98 games over the past 
15four seasons; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Crusaders are Zach Winkler, Aidan Brown, 
17Brady Luechtefeld, Nate Pitre, Jack Sorgea, Joe Hamilton, Luke 
18Smith, Josh Meyers, Tyler Pollock, RJ Devine, Mackin Neville, 
19Sam Medlin, Dakarai Gray, Indy Johaningmeyer, Drew Gilliland, 
20Tyler Birdsong, Allan Pham, Nash Johaningmeyer, Michael Roche, 
21Sam Roche, Bo Gomric, Ben Ysursa, Christian Youngmeyer, Dax 
 
 
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1Ahlers, Hayden Tell, Rhett Neville, and Danny Lopez-Baez; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Crusaders are coached by Skip Birdsong, Chris 
3Bunting, and Mikey Stephens, and the manager is Sophia Ysursa; 
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, A number of Crusaders' team members earned 
6individual awards and recognition, including Tyler Birdsong 
7for being All-State, State Tournament MVP, and Chicagoland 
8Soccer 1st Team All-State, Nate Pitre for being All-Sectional 
9and Chicagoland Soccer All-State, Zach Winkler for being 
10Chicagoland Soccer All-State, and Luke Smith for being 
11All-Sectional; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we congratulate the Althoff Catholic High School boys soccer 
15team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 IHSA Class 2A State 
16Championship, and we wish them many more successful seasons; 
17and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
19presented to the Crusaders' players and coaches as a symbol of 
20our respect and esteem.