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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On Saturday, February 7, 2009, the DeKalb High |
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| School Varsity boy's basketball team played the Milwaukee |
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| Madison High School's boys basketball team in Milwaukee, |
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| Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, A player for the Madison High team had lost his |
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| mother earlier in the day after a five-year battle with |
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| cervical cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, The Coach for Madison High School, Aaron Womack |
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| Jr. arrived late to the game, but indicated to the DeKalb |
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| coaching staff the situation and told them that his team still |
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| intended to play;
and
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| WHEREAS, DeKalb Head Coach Dave Rohlman told Coach Womack |
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| the team would be understanding of time constraints as well as |
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| for the cancellation of the game; and
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| WHEREAS, During the second quarter of the game the player |
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| whose mother had passed away arrived at the game, wanting to |
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| play; Coach Womack had not entered the player's name into the |
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| scorers book at the start of the game, believing he would not |
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| participate; and
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| WHEREAS, The referee informed Coach Womack and the DeKalb |
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| coaching staff that this player could play, but Madison High |
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| would be charged with a technical foul; the DeKalb coaching |
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| staff could be overheard stating that they would not take a |
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| technical foul against Madison High;
and
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| WHEREAS, When the young man from Madison High was put into |
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| the game his school was charged with a technical foul; Darius |
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| McNeal of DeKalb High School volunteered to shoot the free |
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| throws;
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| WHEREAS, When McNeal stepped to the free throw line he |
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| purposefully missed both shots as a sign of DeKalb High's |
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| discontent with Madison High being given a technical foul; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate the DeKalb High School Varsity Basketball Team for |
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| their good example, their good sportsmanship, their character, |
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| their leadership, and their compassion for others; 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 the Superintendent of DeKalb School District 408 |
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| and the members and coaching staff of the DeKalb Varsity |