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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish
3to congratulate the Wendell Phillips High School varsity boys
4basketball team, the Wildcats, on winning the 2023-2024
5Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Championship;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Wildcats finished with a record of 25 wins
8and 9 losses as they defeated the Benton Rangers in the
9championship game 54 to 47; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The members of the 2023-2024 Wildcats are Michael
11White Jr., Amari Edwards, Lawrence Horton, Elijah Harris,
12Jeremiah Benjamin, DeAndre Addison, Ian Williams, Derrick
13Brooks, Camarie Richmond, Johnathan Duncan, Phoenix Childs,
14and Claude Mpouma; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Wildcats are coached by Paris Martin,
16assisted by Michael Wallace and Khonja Scott, and overseen by
17Athletic Director James Daniel IV, Principal Rashad Talley,
18and Chicago Public Schools Executive Director of Sports David
19Rosengard; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF

 

 

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1REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the
2Wendell Phillips High School varsity boys basketball team, the
3Wildcats, on winning the 2023-2024 Illinois High School
4Association Class 2A State Championship; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
6presented to Head Coach Paris Martin, Athletic Director James
7Daniel IV, and Principal Rashad Talley as an expression of our
8esteem and respect.