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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Danville First Baptist High School girls' |
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| basketball team won its first State championship this year; and
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| WHEREAS, The team had a slow start to the season, but |
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| finished out the Illinois Association of Christian Schools |
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| girls' State tournament with confidence; and
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| WHEREAS, The team beat Lake County Christian of Waukegan |
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| with a score of 54 to 40 and Rockford Baptist with a score of 46 |
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| to 19 to take home the championship; Becca Leary, a team |
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| captain, earned the title of Most Valuable Player for the |
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| tournament; Courtney Foley, the other team captain, and Cortney |
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| Keagle made the all-tournament team; and
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| WHEREAS, First Baptist, which has 37 students in the high |
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| school, finished with a record of 8 wins and 12 losses for the |
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| season; many of the regular season games were against much |
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| larger schools, preparing the team to play to their full |
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| potential when meeting schools of equivalent size; and
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| WHEREAS, The coach for the team is Melissa Anderson; the |
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| members of the team are Sarah Jones, Courtney Foley, Becca |
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| Leary, Bethany Wasson, Cortney Keagle, Brittani Wasson, Taylor |
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| Johnson, Ashley Arnold, and Laurissa Pearson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the team members, Coach Melissa Anderson, and |
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| all of Danville First Baptist High School on winning the |
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| Illinois Association of Christian Schools girls' basketball |
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| State championship; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to each of the team members and Coach Anderson as an |
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