Full Text of HR0398 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members and | 4 | | coaches of the Rock Island Rocks boys' basketball team on the | 5 | | occasion of winning the 2011 Illinois State High School | 6 | | Association Class 3A State Championship; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks defeated the Centralia | 8 | | Orphans 50-40 in a double overtime win to capture the State | 9 | | Championship IHSA Class 3A State Basketball Tournament in | 10 | | Peoria; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The 2010-2011 Rock Island Rocks earned the first | 12 | | ever state title for Rock Island and became the first team from | 13 | | the Quad Cities to claim first place in the boys' state | 14 | | basketball tournament, something that has eluded the Quad | 15 | | Cities for more than a century; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks finished their incredible | 17 | | season with an impressive 30-3 record, setting a program record | 18 | | for single season wins and winning the second state title in | 19 | | Western Big 6 Conference history; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Rock Island Rocks are Royce | 21 | | Muskeyvalley, Cameron Ruiz, Romal Davis, Chasson Randle, |
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| 1 | | DaShawn Banks, Marquel Beasley, Devon Jones, Darquez Bonner, | 2 | | Denzel McCauley, Greg Henderson, Keith Keesy, and Shaq Jalloh; | 3 | | the team's head coach is Thom Sigel and the assistant coaches | 4 | | are Dan Coyne-Logan and Toney Hickman; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Coach Thom Sigel is the first coach in state | 6 | | history to win state titles with two different teams in two | 7 | | different conference classes, having previously won a title | 8 | | with Rock Falls in the 1999 Class A State Championship; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The members and coaches of the Rock Island Rocks | 10 | | serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the | 11 | | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate the members and coaches of the Rock Island | 15 | | Rocks boys' basketball team on the occasion of winning the 2011 | 16 | | Illinois State High School Association Class 3A State | 17 | | Championship and wish them continued success and happiness in | 18 | | the future; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the Rock Island Rocks as a symbol of our esteem | 21 | | and respect.
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