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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Coach Steve Riederer has been named to the 
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Plainfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame; he has been a 
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coach for track and field and cross country since 1977; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Coach Riederer is the longest tenured coach in 
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District 202 history, and the first active coach to be inducted 
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into the Hall of Fame; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steve Riederer is a 1969 graduate of Lincoln High 
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School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin; he played basketball, ran cross 
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country, and track and field during his high school career; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He earned a Bachelor's degree in physical 
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education at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, where he ran 
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cross country and track; he became team captain his senior year 
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and competed in the NAIA national cross country meet in 
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Liberty, Missouri; during his senior year he was joined on the 
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team by his brothers, Bill and Greg; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steve Riederer began his teaching career at 
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Sandwich, coaching cross country and basketball; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1977 Steve Riederer became assistant boys track 
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and field coach while teaching at Crystal Lewis Elementary 
 


 






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School in Crest Hill; in 1980 he became coach of the cross 
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country program; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Coach Riederer has coached individual State 
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qualifiers nine times and two all-State runners; he won 
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regional championships in 2000 and 2001; during his coaching 
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tenure Plainfield Central High School has won six girls 
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conference titles; a total of 17 girls teams and 13 boys teams 
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have advanced to the sectional level under his leadership; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steve Riederer and his wife, Celie, live in 
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Yorkville with their son, Tyler; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Coach Steve Riederer on being named to the 
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Plainfield Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Coach Steve Riederer as a symbol of our respect.