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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives played the
3House Republican Staff in basketball on April 6, 2011; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The House Republican Staff, led by Chief of Staff
5Matt O'Shea and Deputy Chief of Staff Scott Reimers, defeated
6the House Republican Representatives by a combined score of
751-13; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Matt O'Shea, Scott Reimers, Sara Wojcicki, David
9Dring, Michael Mahoney, Robert Stefanski, Jason Rudis, John
10Slocum, JB Myers, Kevin Daley, Jeremy Fox, Coach David
11Luechtenfeld, and team statistician Donovan Griffith won the
12first ever Staff vs. Representatives basketball game, which was
13commonly referred to as the Studs vs. the Duds; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives were forced
15to ask the House Republican Staff to play 4 players to their 5
16to "make it fair"; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives were led by
18Representative Pam Roth, scoring 4 of the House Republican
19Representatives' 13 points, thus completely outplaying
20seatmate Representative Jim Watson; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Prior to the game, Michael Mahoney of the House
2Republican Staff was mocked by fellow staff members for
3possessing minimal basketball experience and being excessively
4awkward; he averaged over 8 points per game; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The House Republican Staff was led in scoring by
6Matt Paprocki, Michael Mahoney, Jason Rudis, and John Slocum,
7who all scored 8 points; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Representative Connelly, while playing 5 on 4
9basketball, celebrated more than UConn's National Basketball
10Team after hitting an insignificant 3-point shot; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives created a
12new basketball statistic and similarly set a new state record
13of 8 CPG (collapses per game); and
 
14    WHEREAS, Both Representative Sullivan and Former House
15Republican Staffer David Dring battled the entire game for the
16'shortest shorts award'; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Coach John Cavaletto of Mater Dei High School was
18outsmarted and outcoached by Coach David Luechtenfeld of
19Okawville High School with the stifling 1-2-1 zone defense and
20an emotional halftime speech; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we recognize and applaud the House Republican Staff Basketball
4team for their accomplishments during the April 6, 2011 game,
5for their talent and teamwork displayed on the court, for their
6excellence and humility off the court, for the outstanding
7coaching staff leading the team, and for the brilliant
8sportsmanship demonstrated throughout and after the game; and
9be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the House Republican Staff Basketball team as a
12symbol of our respect and esteem.