Full Text of HR0024 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize the 100th anniversary | 4 | | of the McLean County Boys High School Basketball Tournament; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The McLean County Boys High School Basketball | 7 | | Tournament is the oldest running basketball tournament in the | 8 | | State of Illinois; it has been an annual highlight over the | 9 | | years, with the exception of 1933; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The first tournament was held at the Bloomington | 11 | | YMCA and culminated in a Lexington High School victory over | 12 | | LeRoy; the tournament was originated by the McLean County | 13 | | Principals Association and was managed by Lloyd Eyer of the | 14 | | YMCA; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The tournament features all 13 schools in the | 16 | | Heart of Illinois Conference, including Blue Ridge, Deer | 17 | | Creek-Mackinaw, Tri-Valley, Fieldcrest, El Paso-Gridley, | 18 | | Fisher, Flanagan, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Heyworth, LeRoy, | 19 | | Lexington, Ridgeview, and Tremont; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The McLean County Traveling Trophy is an important | 21 | | part of the tournament, created by former Pantagraph |
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| 1 | | sportswriter Charlie Driver in the 1930s; the trophy symbolizes | 2 | | the passion of the game, the emotion of the sport, and the | 3 | | grand history of the Tournament; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The 2011 Tournament is the twelfth to be held at | 5 | | Illinois Wesleyan University's Shirk Center after 23 years at | 6 | | the Fred Young Fieldhouse; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate the many participants that will be on hand for | 10 | | the McLean County Boys High School Basketball Tournament on | 11 | | January 22, 2011 and hope the Tournament continues to entertain | 12 | | for years to come; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the organizers of the McLean County Boys High | 15 | | School Basketball Tournament as a symbol of our respect and | 16 | | esteem.
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