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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois wish to congratulate the Simeon men's high
4 school basketball team on their upset victory over top-ranked
5 Oak Hill; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Simeon beat USA Today No. 1 ranked Oak Hill
7 Academy (Va.) 78 to 75 in a game at the UIC Pavilion televised
8 on ESPN and witnessed by 3,070 in attendance; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Derrick Rose, Tim Flowers, and Daniel Green grew
10 up together on the South Side of Chicago attending Beasley
11 Elementary and Simeon; Rose staked his case for national player
12 of the year honors with 28 points, nine assists, and eight
13 rebounds; Green, the Wolverines' sixth man, made three
14 three-pointers and finished with 11 points; Flowers finished
15 with ten points and ten rebounds, including a three-pointer
16 that put Simeon up by 15 with less than five minutes to play;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Senior Kevin Johnson provided 18 points and 10
19 rebounds and Keyon Smith came off the bench to add nine points,
20 four steals, and four assists to aid in the victory; therefore,
21 be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate the Simeon men's high school basketball team on
4 their upset victory over Oak Hill; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Simeon men's high school basketball team as a
7 token of our esteem.