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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 Benet Academy Lady |
| 4 | | Redwings on winning the 2015 Illinois High School Association |
| 5 | | Girls Basketball Class 4A State Championship; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings began the season unranked; they |
| 7 | | won 18 consecutive games, including 3 tournament |
| 8 | | championships:
the Naperville Central Tip-Off tournament, the |
| 9 | | Naperville North Holiday tournament, and the Montini
Christmas |
| 10 | | tournament; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings final season record was 34 wins |
| 12 | | and 3 losses; this included wins against 5 opponents ranked in
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| 13 | | the top 10; their 34-3 record makes the 2014-15 Lady Redwings |
| 14 | | the winningest basketball
team (boys or girls) in Benet Academy |
| 15 | | history; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, This year's Lady Redwings team is only the second |
| 17 | | Benet Academy girl's basketball team to reach the tournament |
| 18 | | downstate and the first
girl's basketball team to win State; |
| 19 | | this year's team became one of only 2 schools in Illinois
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| 20 | | history to win girls volleyball and basketball State |
| 21 | | championships in the same year; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings' averaged 69 points per game and |
| 2 | | held opponents to 48 points per game; they ranked in the top 25 |
| 3 | | nationally by USA Today Super 25 Expert rankings; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings are Morgan Thomalla, Emma |
| 5 | | Hlavin, Emily Schramek, Emily Eshoo, Colleen Pfister, Kathleen |
| 6 | | Doyle, Sarni Valentine, Maddie Bozych, Megan Will, Elise Stout, |
| 7 | | Sydney
Stephens, Emma Lyne, Kendal Schramek, and Katie |
| 8 | | Jaseckas; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Redwings are coached by Joe Kilbride; the |
| 10 | | assistant coaches are Kelsey Stone and John Corrigan; |
| 11 | | therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 14 | | congratulate the Benet Academy Lady Redwings on winning the |
| 15 | | 2015 Illinois High School Association Girls Basketball Class 4A |
| 16 | | State Championship and we wish them many more successful years; |
| 17 | | and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the Lady Redwings as an expression of our esteem |
| 20 | | and respect.
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