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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
3 | congratulate the Crystal Lake South High School boys soccer | ||||||
4 | team, the Gators, on winning the 2023 Illinois High School | ||||||
5 | Association (IHSA) Class 2A State Championship; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, The Gators defeated Peoria Notre Dame High School | ||||||
7 | by a score of 2 to 1 on November 4, 2023 at Hoffman Estates | ||||||
8 | High School, winning their second championship in five years; | ||||||
9 | and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, The Gators won their 2nd straight Fox Valley | ||||||
11 | Conference title, the 14th in school history, their 6th | ||||||
12 | straight IHSA Regional title, the 12th in school history, | ||||||
13 | their 3rd IHSA Sectional title, and their 3rd IHSA Super | ||||||
14 | Sectional title; and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, The Gators compiled a record of 22 wins, 4 | ||||||
16 | losses, and 1 tie on their way to the championship, and these | ||||||
17 | 22 wins tie the school record for wins in a season; the team | ||||||
18 | also achieved the 2nd most shutouts in school history with 14 | ||||||
19 | and the 2nd most consecutive wins in school history with 12; | ||||||
20 | and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, The Gators are led by Head Coach Brian Allen and |
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1 | assistant coaches, Tony Allen, Zane Boettcher, and Adam Gatza; | ||||||
2 | and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, The members of the Gators are Nolan Schofield, | ||||||
4 | Chris Slawek, Diego Paguada, Rishi Patel, Steven Smith, Will | ||||||
5 | Prus, Blake Marunde, Nick Prus, Hayden Stone, Ali Ahmed, Nolan | ||||||
6 | Getzinger, Nico Velasco, Francisco Garcia, Pierce Johnson, | ||||||
7 | Zach Vallicelli, Parker Zilm, Dustin Banner, Josh Moreno, | ||||||
8 | Mason Ross, Roberto Lopez, Anthony Pupillo, Garrett Hess, | ||||||
9 | Brendan Lewis, and Dennis Adusah; therefore, be it | ||||||
10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | ||||||
12 | Crystal Lake South High School boys soccer team, the Gators, | ||||||
13 | on winning the 2023 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) | ||||||
14 | Class 2A State Championship and wish them many more successful | ||||||
15 | seasons; and be it further | ||||||
16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the Gators' players and coaches as a symbol of our | ||||||
18 | respect and esteem. |