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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Randy Smithpeters on
4being inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches
5Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Randy Smithpeters began his career with
7Harrisburg High School during the 1993-94 season, a season in
8which the Bulldogs had 23 wins and six losses and went on to
9win a regional title; since then, he has added 11 regional
10championships, six sectional championships, and two
11super-sectional wins; he has led Harrisburg High School to five
12Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Ohio Division
13titles; and
 
14    WHEREAS, During the 2013-14 season, Randy Smithpeters and
15the Bulldogs complied a record of 33 wins and one loss and won
16the first Illinois High School Association Class 2A State
17Championship, the first championship in Harrisburg High School
18History; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Randy Smithpeters has a record of 447 wins and 241
20losses in his 24 years as head coach with Harrisburg High
21School; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Combined with his time as head coach at
2McLeansboro High School, Randy Smithpeters has 12 regional
3titles, 12 sectional wins, six super-sectional wins, two
4appearances in the State tournament, and one State
5championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Randy Smithpeters and his wife, Patricia, have six
7children, Kyle (Carrie), Kolby (Leigha), Matt (Amy), Ryan,
8Tyler, and Bailey; and three grandchildren, Tobey, Tatum, and
9Sary; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Randy Smithpeters will be honored at the IBCA Hall
11of Fame Ceremony in April of 2017; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14congratulate Randy Smithpeters on being inducted into the
15Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and we
16wish him many more successful years; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to Randy Smithpeters as an expression of our esteem
19and respect.