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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Five individuals and one team were inducted into 
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the Centralia Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, December 27, 
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2005, including Bob Bogle, Teena Magoulias-Shafer, Larry 
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Smith, Fay Vaccaro, Ron Wimpy, and the 1954-55 Centralia Junior 
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College basketball team; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Bob Bogle had a 189-93 record as head boys' 
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basketball coach and athletic director at Centralia High School 
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and led the Orphans to 20-win seasons five times, including 
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trips to the Sweet 16 in 1988 and 1993; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Teena Magoulias-Shafer, a standout athlete as 
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well as a coach, teacher, mentor and friend to many of 
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Centralia's female athlete was a coach in four sports at 
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Centralia Junior High School for 29 seasons, with a 287-125 
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record as softball coach and an 82-16 record and two Southern 
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Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association titles as head 
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girls' basketball coach; she remains active as head coach of 
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the St. Mary's Lady Cardinals basketball team; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Larry Smith, a retired baseball coach at Kaskaskia 
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College, had more than 800 wins to his credit in a 36-year 
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coaching career; a total of 15 Blue Devils in Mr. Smith's 
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tenure signed professional baseball contracts, and three of 
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those, Larry Mohme, Bryan Eversgerd, and current Baltimore 
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Orioles reliever Aaron Rakers, ended up playing in the Major 
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Leagues; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fay Vaccaro, this year's V.I.P. Award winner, was 
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an outstanding fast-pitch softball pitcher; she pitched for the 
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Centralia Paydays from 1956 to 1962, coached the girls' 
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softball team at St. Mary's School from 1960 to 1982, and was a 
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coach and mentor for many of Centralia's female athletes, 
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including Ms. Magoulias-Shafer; Ms. Vaccaro also became known 
 


 






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as an outstanding bowler; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ron Wimpy was a two-team sports captain at 
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Centralia Township High School who played both football and 
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basketball in the final season of A.L. Trout's long and 
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distinguished coaching career at CTHS and whose game-winning 
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basket in a 1951 game ended the Mt. Vernon Rams' 46-game 
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winning streak; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The 1954-55 Centralia Junior College basketball 
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team, coached by Sports Hall of Fame member Chuck Mundell, had 
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a 20-5 record and won the Central Illinois Conference 
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championship while ranking in the top 10 nationally in scoring 
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with an average of 91 points per game; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate each of the 2005 inductees of the Centralia 
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Sports Hall of Fame; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to each inductee as an expression of our esteem.