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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Evergreen Park | ||||||
4 | Athletic Association Senior League Baseball Team on winning the | ||||||
5 | State championship; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team played a taxing | ||||||
7 | schedule, which included 33 games in 6 weeks, including 6 | ||||||
8 | double headers, at one point playing 14 games in 12 days; they | ||||||
9 | finished their summer with a record of 22-10-1, earning them a | ||||||
10 | bye in the district tournament; a 10-2 win in sectionals sent | ||||||
11 | them to a grueling 5-day State tournament in which they | ||||||
12 | prevailed with a 9-5 win over Burbank to capture the State | ||||||
13 | title; and
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14 | WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team earned a trip to the | ||||||
15 | regional tournament in Oglesby/Peru; they finished pool play | ||||||
16 | with a 3-1 record and qualified for the regional semifinals as | ||||||
17 | one of only 16 teams left in the United States; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team's dream of a World | ||||||
19 | Series was cut short with a 7-5 loss to Michigan in the | ||||||
20 | regional semifinals; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team should be proud of |
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1 | their season and the tremendous effort put forth by the team; | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | WHEREAS, The Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior | ||||||
4 | League Baseball Team consists of manager, Rich Farmer; coaches, | ||||||
5 | Ron O'Toole, Jim Walsh, and Joe Glover; special assistant, Ken | ||||||
6 | Fyrer; and players, Tim Walsh, Mark Martin, Mickey Glover, Joe | ||||||
7 | Crowley, Marty Meyer, Kevin Farmer, Jack Ryan, Ron O'Toole, | ||||||
8 | Mike Rizzo, Brian Paul, David Ziebarth, Frank Meisl, Dan | ||||||
9 | Anzelmo, and Jon Karstrand; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we congratulate the Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior | ||||||
13 | League Baseball Team on winning the State championship; and be | ||||||
14 | it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior | ||||||
17 | League Baseball team as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
18 | respect.
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