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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Washington Community
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| 4 | High School Panthers Wrestling Team on their successful | ||||||
| 5 | 2015-2016 season; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The Panthers brought home the first State | ||||||
| 7 | wrestling championship in their school's history to add to | ||||||
| 8 | their 2nd place finish in the Class 2A State meet last season; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Panthers finished the season as the Class 2A
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| 11 | State Dual Team Champions, Section and Regional Champions and | ||||||
| 12 | Mid-Illini Champions; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Panthers finishing 1st in State are: junior, Dack
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| 14 | Punke, 113 pound class; sophomore, Tyler Delaware, 120 pound
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| 15 | class; and junior, Jacob Warner, in the 182 pound class for the
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| 16 | second consecutive year; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Panthers also finishing in State ranks are:
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| 18 | junior, Ryder Punke, State runner-up, 160 pound class; senior,
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| 19 | Dylan Thurston, 3rd in State, 132 pound class; senior, Trey
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| 20 | Kelley, 4th in State, 106 pound class; sophomore, Blaize Punke,
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| 21 | 4th in State, 138 pound class; junior, Kyle Goin, 5th in State,
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| 1 | 152 pound class; senior, Randy Meneweather, 5th in State, 170 | ||||||
| 2 | pound class; and freshman, Jace Punke, 6th in State, 195 pound
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| 3 | class; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Senior, Ethan Reel is a State qualifier in the 145
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| 5 | pound class; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The dual team completed their season with a record | ||||||
| 7 | of 26 and 5 and qualified
for the Dual Team Tournament by | ||||||
| 8 | winning the Class 2A East Peoria Regional; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, The dual team had an impressive list of | ||||||
| 10 | accomplishments during their Dual
Team Illinois High School | ||||||
| 11 | Association State Series; they defeated Lincoln Way West in the | ||||||
| 12 | Dual Team Sectional (34-25);
they defeated Cahokia in the State | ||||||
| 13 | Quarterfinals (43-27); they defeated Chicago Mt. Carmel
in the | ||||||
| 14 | State Semifinals (34-32); and they defeated Chicago Heights | ||||||
| 15 | (Marian Catholic) in the
State Finals (46-22) for their first | ||||||
| 16 | State championship; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The team also won the Sycamore Invitational and | ||||||
| 18 | placed 7th at the Clash
National Duals; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The members of the dual team State roster include: | ||||||
| 20 | Hunter Mamer, Kyle
Goin, Will Hammer, Jared Head, Dylan | ||||||
| 21 | Thurston, Will Dene, Gabe Robison, Jack Apgar, Kyle
Sherman, | ||||||
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| 1 | Marc Strubhar, Trey Kelley, Randy Meneweather, Caleb Miller, | ||||||
| 2 | Tyler Delaware,
Manny Plata, Jace Punke, Blaize Punke, Dack | ||||||
| 3 | Punke, Ryder Punke, Ethan Reel, Adam Robison,
Dakoda | ||||||
| 4 | VanQuakebeke, and Jacob Warner; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Panthers are coached by Head Coach Bryan | ||||||
| 6 | Medlin and assistant coaches Nick Miller, Jason Medlin, Randy | ||||||
| 7 | Meneweather, Doug McClister, Mike Carr, and
Colton Gladwell; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The members of the Washington Community High | ||||||
| 10 | School Wrestling Team
serve as models of hard work, integrity, | ||||||
| 11 | and dedication for the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | congratulate the Washington Community High School Panthers | ||||||
| 16 | Wrestling Team on their successful 2015-2016 season and we wish | ||||||
| 17 | them continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the members of the Washington
Community High | ||||||
| 21 | School Wrestling Team and their coaches as a symbol of our
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| 22 | esteem and respect.
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