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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Jacksonville Middle | ||||||
| 4 | School (JMS) cheer team on winning the 2023 Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Elementary School Association (IESA) Large Cheer division for | ||||||
| 6 | the second consecutive year; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The JMS cheer team finished with a score of 95.5, | ||||||
| 8 | the highest score on record in IESA history; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The JMS cheer team also placed third in the | ||||||
| 10 | Medium Routine division at this year's competition, making it | ||||||
| 11 | one of the most decorated cheer squads in the State; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In January 2023, the JMS cheer team won the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association state championships | ||||||
| 14 | in both the Medium Routine division and the Game Day division, | ||||||
| 15 | showcasing the talent and determination of the team members; | ||||||
| 16 | and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The members of the JMS cheer team are eighth | ||||||
| 18 | graders Julia Adams, Jaycee Bates, Mia Frye, Kolby Hoffman, | ||||||
| 19 | Lydia Keefe, Elizabeth Saxer, Alivia Swift, and Sophia Withee, | ||||||
| 20 | seventh graders Jaelie Harp and Josie Meggison, and sixth | ||||||
| 21 | graders Edith Bryson-Adams, Chloe Colen, Ella Chumley, Madi | ||||||
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| 1 | Defrates, Madi Doerr, Elizabeth Guidish, Macee James, and | ||||||
| 2 | Mattisyn Weikert; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, The JMS cheer team is coached by Emily Hudson; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The JMS cheer team has made its entire hometown | ||||||
| 6 | of Jacksonville extremely proud and will never forget their | ||||||
| 7 | hard work and determination to win; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we congratulate the Jacksonville Middle School cheer team on | ||||||
| 11 | winning the 2023 Illinois Elementary School Association Large | ||||||
| 12 | Cheer division, placing second in the Medium Routine division, | ||||||
| 13 | and winning the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association | ||||||
| 14 | state championships in both the Medium Routine division and | ||||||
| 15 | the Game Day division; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That we wish the JMS cheer team many more | ||||||
| 17 | triumphant seasons to come; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the JMS cheer coach and all team members as a | ||||||
| 20 | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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