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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives |
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| congratulate Rock Island's Alleman High School Pioneers boys |
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| wrestling, boys cross country and girls basketball teams on |
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| their successes; and
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| WHEREAS, The boys wrestling team brought home the 2004-2005 |
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| 2nd place trophy from the Illinois High School Association |
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| (IHSA) Class A Boys Wrestling State Championship finals on |
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| February 26, 2005 at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb; John |
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| Wetherell is their wrestling coach, and the team went 23-3 in |
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| dual meets; and
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| WHEREAS, The boys cross country team captured its first |
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| Class A cross-country crown on November 6, 2004 at Detweiler |
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| Park in Peoria; Mike Ethington is their head coach; and
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| WHEREAS, The girls basketball team brought home the |
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| 2004-2005 championship trophy from the IHSA Class A
Girls |
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| Basketball State Championship game on February 26, 2005 at the |
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| Redbird Arena in Normal; there were 500 Class A teams playing |
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| for the girls' state title; no other boys or girls team in the |
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| Illinois Quad-Cities has ever won in the 97-year history of |
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| IHSA state basketball tournament play; Jay Hatch is their head |
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| coach, and they completed their season with a 31-7 record; and
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| WHEREAS, In high school basketball, as in life itself, it |
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| takes a little luck along with hard work and ability to pull |
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| down the big prize; the girls combined hustle with |
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| determination, teamwork, and all-around basketball ability to |
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| snare the top prize; and
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| WHEREAS, The outstanding talent, efforts, and achievements |
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| of all the players, coaches, and support staff are to be |
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| commended; therefore, be it
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