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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 Morton High School |
| 4 | | Baseball Team, the Potters, on winning the 2018 IHSA Class 3A |
| 5 | | State Championship; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Potters defeated Nazareth Academy of LaGrange |
| 7 | | Park 8-1 in the semifinal game on June 8 and defeated Chicago |
| 8 | | St. Ignatius 4-1 in the championship game on June 9; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Morton High School outscored their opponents |
| 10 | | 62-19 throughout the playoffs and ended the season with a |
| 11 | | record of 30-6, one win short of a school record for a single |
| 12 | | season, despite a schedule shortened by rain; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, The state championship win continues a string of |
| 14 | | successes for the Potters, as this is the second year in a row |
| 15 | | the team has reached the IHSA Elite Eight, and their combined |
| 16 | | record for the past four seasons is 114-30; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Potters are led by Head Coach Jesse Crawford, |
| 18 | | Assistant Coaches Benji Cashdollar, Doug McCarty, and Craig |
| 19 | | Wright, Batboy Cam Crawford, Athletic Director Scott Jones, and |
| 20 | | Trainer Katie Gavin; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Potters are Connor Kelly, Evan Pfeifer, Evan |
| 2 | | Heal, Haegan Kelly, Isaac Weber, Isaiah Davis, Kyle Killion, |
| 3 | | Logan Peterson (All-State player), Vinni Massaglia, Ashton |
| 4 | | Holcomb, Ben Corum, Ben Meyer, Braden Brown, Drew Fuiten, Jack |
| 5 | | Brennan, Jacob Moza, Nick Guerra (All-State player), Riggs |
| 6 | | Wilkinson, Andrew Osing, Bobby Hines, Bryce Brown, Isaiah |
| 7 | | Gudeman, and Karter Hostetler; therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 9 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 10 | | congratulate the Morton High School Baseball Team, the Potters, |
| 11 | | on winning the 2018 IHSA Class 3A State Baseball Championship, |
| 12 | | and we hold them up as examples of great class, character, |
| 13 | | determination, confidence, effort, and teamwork; and be it |
| 14 | | further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to the players and coaches of the Morton High School |
| 17 | | Baseball Team as an expression of our respect and esteem.
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