Full Text of HR1095 98th 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 Rochester | 4 | | Rockets varsity football team on winning the 2013 Illinois High | 5 | | School Association (IHSA) Class 4A State Football | 6 | | Championship; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets defeated the Geneseo Maple | 8 | | Leafs 16-8 to claim victory at the IHSA Class 4A State Football | 9 | | Tournament; the victory marks the fourth consecutive State | 10 | | title for the Rochester Rockets, a rare history making | 11 | | distinction never previously achieved by a public school in the | 12 | | entire State; the football team was first fielded in 1994, and, | 13 | | in just 15 years, became a history-making high school football | 14 | | program; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The 2013 regular season Rochester Rockets scored | 16 | | 363 points and only allowed 136 points to be scored against | 17 | | them even though Rochester High School enrollment is 682 and | 18 | | the average high school enrollment of their opponents is 1,021; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Combining the 4 straight State championship | 21 | | years, the Rochester Rockets have scored 2389 points total and | 22 | | only allowed 970 from their opponents; for the |
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| 1 | | 2009-2010-2011-2012-2013 football seasons, they have a playoff | 2 | | record of 20 wins and one loss; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets are Colton Piper, Drew Hill, | 4 | | Robbie Kelley, Tre Fry, Collin Stallworth, Marshall Call, | 5 | | Johnny Jones, Matt Swaine, Blake Thompson, Daniel Zeigler, | 6 | | Jeremy Bivens, Josh Grant, Nathaniel Johnson, Tyler Mazzini, | 7 | | Nubia Fokum, Logan Kain, Nate Slot, Drake Berberet, Bret | 8 | | Sandvoss, Mason Farris, Grant Hebenstreit, Alex Ulbrich, Grant | 9 | | Fitzsimmons, Collin Etherton, Brandon Boggs, Kenny Hedges, | 10 | | Luke Bucher, Eli Wall-Lampkin, Evan Sembell, Brent Sommer, | 11 | | Austin Mathis, Chase Kuntzman, Alex Richards, Connor Vose, | 12 | | Colten Shadis, Eric Yakle, Britton Swaine, David Gunter, Dallas | 13 | | Greer, Dylan Handlin, Gant Wheeler, Gunnar Monical, Zach | 14 | | Denning, Josh Drendel, Chris Steil, Bo Johnson, Adam Doedtman, | 15 | | Alec Holzmacher, Steven Russell, Austin Staton, Hunter Brooks, | 16 | | Christian Hedges, Jake King, Cole McMinn, Alec Biggs, Jasper | 17 | | Capriotti, Owen Hamelin, Evan Chastain, Jake LeCrone, Tyler | 18 | | Cotton, Brandon Jones, Matthew Briggs, Zach Wenger, Connor | 19 | | Brewer, Tyler Sommer, Niall Sullivan, Robert Seaton, Brennan | 20 | | Stanfield, Zach Geller, Luke Gragert, Talon Tapscott, Chris | 21 | | Grant, Brock Buscher, Paxton Sanchez, Nathaniel Fisher, Liam | 22 | | Biesiada, Evan McMinn, and Hunter Evans; their head coach is | 23 | | Derek Leonard, and the assistant coaches are Derrick Nelson, | 24 | | Troy Piper, Jim Smith, JC Clarke, Steve Buecker, Tyson Corley, | 25 | | Joe Oller, Brad Leonard, David Maciejewski, and Brett Tackett; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets serve as models of hard | 3 | | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate the Rochester Rockets varsity football team on | 8 | | winning the 2013 Illinois High School Association Class 4A | 9 | | State Football Championship; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Rochester Rockets head coach Derek Leonard as a | 12 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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