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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Stevenson High School
4Patriots on the occasion of winning 6 State titles during the
52014-2015 academic year; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In the 50th year of Adlai E. Stevenson High
7School, Stevenson won its first State championships in
8football, boys basketball, and girls water polo; the boys
9gymnastics team also won its fifth State title and the math and
10Science Olympiad teams each won their second State
11championships; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Patriots football team defeated
13Homewood-Flossmoor 31 to 25 and won the Class 8A title in
14Springfield; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Patriots claimed their first boys State
16basketball title with a 57 to 40 victory over Normal in Peoria;
17and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Patriots boys gymnastics team, with only 3
19members on varsity, won the State championship in Hinsdale; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The Patriots girls water polo team capped an

 

 

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1undefeated season with a State title in their home pool in
2Lincolnshire; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Patriots Science Olympiad team defeated
4defending State champions New Trier with a score of 105 to 143
5at the University of Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Patriots Math team won the Class 4AA state
7championship with an overall score of 1,073 points at the
8University of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11congratulate Stevenson High School on a year of athletic and
12scholastic success and wish them many more successful years to
13come; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to Stevenson High School as an expression of our
16esteem and respect.