Full Text of HR0590 99th 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
Rockford | 4 | | Christian High School baseball team, the Royal Lions, on | 5 | | winning the 2015 Illinois High School
Association (IHSA) | 6 | | Division 2A State Championship; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, This is the first-ever State championship in | 8 | | Rockford Christian High School history; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions had a phenomenal regular season; | 10 | | between April 16th and May 12th, they completed a 16-game win | 11 | | streak, riding hot bats and stellar pitching toward the | 12 | | post-season; the
team ended the regular season with a record of | 13 | | 29 wins and 6 losses; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The first regional game was played in Pecatonica | 15 | | on May 20th against North Boone; the Royal Lions won
the game | 16 | | 10-0 and advanced to the regional final where they faced | 17 | | Warren, winning 5-4 and clinching the team's first regional | 18 | | title in school history; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions advanced to the sectionals in | 20 | | Byron where they faced Morrison, defeating
them in 8 innings | 21 | | 2-0; in the sectional finals, they faced Forreston and beat |
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| 1 | | them 6-3; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions continued their hot streak into | 3 | | the super-sectionals at Augustana College where
they met | 4 | | Carthage (Illini West); Carthage proved to be a tough opponent | 5 | | for the Royal Lions but they prevailed, defeating Carthage 6-5; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions made it to the school's first-ever | 8 | | State
championship series; the semi-final game was June 5th in | 9 | | Peoria at Dozer Park against Peru St. Bede; pitcher, Alec | 10 | | Powell took the mound and the Royal Lions found themselves | 11 | | trailing early in the game,
giving up 1 run in the top of the | 12 | | first with the aid of an error; the Royal Lions tied the game | 13 | | in the
3rd inning when Jake McClellin singled home Nick Frahm; | 14 | | Alec Powell pitched 6 innings,
striking out 10 opposing batters | 15 | | before Nolan Gazsouski stepped in to pitch; the Royal Lions | 16 | | needed 2
extra-innings before Satchel Daleo hit a walk-off RBI, | 17 | | scoring Alec Powell and giving the Royal Lions
a win, sending | 18 | | them to the State championship game; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions faced the Williamsville Bullets on | 20 | | June 6th; senior, Brandon
Williams and Jake Kellerman led the | 21 | | Royal Lions in the championship game; Brandon Williams pitched | 22 | | 6
2/3 innings while Jake Kellerman went 2 for 3 at the plate | 23 | | with 2 home-runs and 4 RBI; Nolan Gazsouski
came in to record |
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| 1 | | the final out of the game and the Royal Lions defeated the | 2 | | Bullets 6-2, winning
the first State championship title for | 3 | | Rockford Christian High School; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions finished the season with a record | 5 | | of 36 wins and 6 losses; 6 seniors will graduate this summer, | 6 | | but the Royal Lions look to return next season and defend their | 7 | | IHSA
Division 2A State Baseball Title; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions are, Jake McClellan, Luke Joiner, | 9 | | Nick Frahm, Alec Nicoll, Bryan Truitt, Nolan
Gazsouski, Jake | 10 | | Kellerman, Brandon Williams, Jacob Gugle, Caleb Bubnack, | 11 | | Payton Gustafson, Alex
Powell, David Prisby, Cameron | 12 | | Santolino, Satchel Daleo, and Neil Thomas; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Royal Lions are led by Head Coach Mike | 14 | | McClellan and Assistant Coach Dan Bogdonas; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | congratulate the Rockford Christian High School Royal Lions on | 18 | | their 2015 Illinois High School
Association Division
2A State | 19 | | Baseball Championship; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the Royal Lions as a
symbol of our respect and |
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