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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 West Central Co-op |
| 4 | | [Winchester-Bluffs] boys basketball team, the Cougars, on |
| 5 | | winning the 2023-2024 Class 1A State Championship; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars defeated Mounds Meridian 62 to 43 in |
| 7 | | the championship game on March 9, 2024 at State Farm Center in |
| 8 | | Champaign to claim the first boys basketball state |
| 9 | | championship in the history of West Central; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars finished the season with a record of |
| 11 | | 36 wins and 3 losses, the most wins in a single season in |
| 12 | | school history; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars won all three of their regular season |
| 14 | | tournaments, the Beardstown Thanksgiving Tournament, the |
| 15 | | Waverly Holiday Tournament, and the 101st Winchester |
| 16 | | Invitational Tournament, as well as going undefeated in the |
| 17 | | Western Illinois Valley Conference Championship; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars' road to a state championship was not |
| 19 | | easy, and the team had to face many difficult opponents along |
| 20 | | the way, including the 46-42 win in the Class 1A |
| 21 | | Supersectional at the Jacksonville Bowl against the Illini |
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| 1 | | Bluffs, a team with a historically successful basketball |
| 2 | | program that featured a division one recruit; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars' semifinal opponent was Aurora |
| 4 | | Christian; the team trailed for most of the game and was down |
| 5 | | by eight points with 3 minutes 59 seconds remaining, but the |
| 6 | | senior-laden squad did not give in and emerged with a 70 to 65 |
| 7 | | double-overtime victory; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Cougars played against Mounds Meridian two |
| 9 | | days later in the finals and had a strong start, including an 8 |
| 10 | | to 0 run in the first quarter, and controlled the first half |
| 11 | | with a 33 to 19 halftime lead; when the final buzzer sounded, |
| 12 | | the team had earned a state championship victory; therefore, |
| 13 | | be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 15 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 16 | | we congratulate the West Central Co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] |
| 17 | | boys basketball team, the Cougars, on winning the 2023-2024 |
| 18 | | Class 1A State Championship, and we wish them many more |
| 19 | | successful seasons; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be given |
| 21 | | to each member of the Cougars team, Varsity Coach Ryan |
| 22 | | Sichting, Assistant Coach Bill Jacquot, Assistant Coach Brady |
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| 1 | | Slagle, Mason Berry, Carson Clevenger, Cameron Sievers, Nick |
| 2 | | Hamilton, Ryker Ford, Zac Howard, Zack Evans, Chance Little, |
| 3 | | Carson Brown, Blayne Sidwell, Gabe Howard, and Caden Meyer. |