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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the Morton
4High School Boys Golf Team on the occasion of their
5unbelievably successful 2015 season; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The team finished 11-1 in dual matches and had a
7list of 1st place finishes at the invitational tournaments,
8including the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational, the Limestone
9Invitational, the U-High Invitational, the Monmouth
10Invitational, and the Mattoon Invitational; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Morton High School Boys Golf Team is a part of
12the Mid-Illini Conference; in the regular season conference
13matches, the team had an impressive record of 7-0 and ended
14conference play by winning the Mid-Illini conference
15tournament; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Regional Tournament was held at Metamora
17Fields, where the team won by 16 strokes; team members Pete
18Kuhl and Tommy Kuhl tied for second place and Isaac Ingold had
19a fourth place finish; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The Sectional Tournament was held at Lincoln Elks,
21where the team won by 13 strokes; Tommy Kuhl finished in third

 

 

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1place and Pete Kuhl tied for fourth place; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The State Tournament was held at Weibring Golf
3Club in Normal; the team capped off its season with a victory,
4winning by 23 strokes and resulting in their Boys 2A State Golf
5Championship victory; and
 
6    WHEREAS, All-State Golfer and Peoria Journal Star Golfer of
7the Year, Pete Kuhl, finished in fifth place; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The Morton High School Boys Golf Team also won the
92A State Championship in 2014; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The varsity team members are Pete Kuhl, Tommy
11Kuhl, Isaac Ingold, Bobby Strode, Adam Christianson, Carter
12LeRoy and Jack Zern; Jamie King has been the Morton High School
13Boys Golf team head coach for 3 years; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The members of the Morton High School Boys Golf
15Team serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication
16for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19congratulate the members of the 2015 Morton High School Boys
20Golf Team on the occasion of winning the Class 2A State Golf

 

 

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1Championship and wish them continued success and happiness in
2the future; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the Morton High School Boys Golf Team as a symbol
5of our esteem and respect.