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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Fenwick High School
4football team, the Friars, on winning the 2021 Illinois High
5School Association Class 5A Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Friars won their first state championship in
7program history by defeating Kankakee High School 34 to 15 in
8the title game at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on
9November 27, 2021; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Friars compiled a season record of 12 wins
11and two losses and established a 28 to 0 lead over Kankakee
12late in the first half, a deficit that Kankakee would not
13overcome; and
 
14    WHEREAS, It was a dominating performance for the Friars;
15they outgained Kankakee 456 yards to 227, limiting their
16competitor to just 38 yards on the ground; they sacked the
17opposing quarterback seven times; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Friars are led by Head Coach Matt Battaglia,
19Defensive Coordinator Titcus Pettigrew, Director of Operations
20Tracy Bonaccorsi, and Strength & Conditioning Coach JR Kremer;
21the varsity assistants are Tim Rooney, Ray Moland, Brien

 

 

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1Rooney, Xavier Vergara, Ryan Smith, Aaron Garland, Talmadge
2Hill, Eric Lewis, and Craig Schneider; the athletic trainers
3are Arielle Willett and Tony McCormick; the team managers are
4Catherine Goode and Emily Wal; the team physician is Dr. Rocky
5Romano; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Friars are supported by Fenwick High School
7President Father Richard Peddicord, Principal Peter Groom, and
8Athletic Director Scott Theis; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Friars team members are Jacque Walls, Kaden
10Cobb, Aden Vargas, Denium Juette, Max Reese, Cameron Coppage,
11Eian Pugh, Bryan Hunt, Jordan McAdoo, Matthew Shannon, Danny
12Kent, Brendan Doyle, Patrick Durkin, Tommy Sullivan, Martin
13Paris, Iain Ramage, EJ Hosty, Dennis Moore, Seamus Dunlap,
14James McNamara, Marty Fitzgerald, Donnell French, Luke Showel,
15Tyler Draeger, Armani Smith, Caden Donnelly, Ethan Kaempf,
16Eddie McFadden, Will Gladden, Finnegan McGee, Conor Paris,
17Harry Kenny, Marek Hill, Michael Novy, Luke D'Alise, Elijah
18Romeus, Suleiman Abuaqel, Quin Wieties, Luis Avalos, Gabe
19Kotwasinski, Luke O'Brien, Alec Posluszny, Jack Henrichs,
20Conor Stetz, Aaron Johnson, Khristian Richmond, William
21Rosenberg, Thomas McGinnis, Lukas Mikuzis, Jimmy Liston, Aiden
22Boyle, Jesus Pulido, Brandon Williams, David Blake, Mirko
23Jaksic, Carter Robertson, Rasheed Anderson, Joseph Durkin,
24Rowan White, Sean Fitzgerald, Maddux Fruend, and Nathaniel

 

 

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1Marshall; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate the Fenwick High School football team, the
5Friars, on winning the 2021 Illinois High School Association
6Class 5A Championship, and we wish them many more successful
7seasons; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9presented to all Friars players, staff, and administrators as
10a symbol of our respect and esteem.