Full Text of HR0868 094th General Assembly
HR0868 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives offer our sincere congratulations to the | 4 |
| Driscoll Catholic High School Football Team on winning the IHSA | 5 |
| Class 4A State Championship on November 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Driscoll Catholic High School, located in | 7 |
| Addison, Illinois, and under the direction of the Diocese of | 8 |
| Joliet, was first founded under the Sisters of St. Francis and | 9 |
| the Brothers of the Christian Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, This victory marks Driscoll's fifth State | 11 |
| championship as well as a place in the record books as the only | 12 |
| high school in Illinois history to win 5 consecutive State | 13 |
| championships; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Coach Mike Burzawa, the Highlanders | 15 |
| defeated Newton High School in a well fought battle at the | 16 |
| University of Illinois Memorial Stadium; and
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| WHEREAS, With the support of Assistant Coaches Dan Cepek, | 18 |
| Bill Erzig, Nick Gebhart, Mike Loconsole, Brandon New, Joe | 19 |
| Petro, and John Pullia, Driscoll was victorious and reclaimed | 20 |
| the State championship; and
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| WHEREAS, Statistician Bob Crowe, Shawn Nykaza in charge of | 22 |
| film, and trainer Tricia Schank assisted the Highlander team in | 23 |
| their journey to the State championship title; and
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| WHEREAS, We offer our congratulations to graduating | 25 |
| seniors Ryan Palash, John Tranchitella, Kevin Letourneau, | 26 |
| Dominic Senese, Shane Franken, Kyle Jenkins, Justin Nudo, Matt | 27 |
| Miller, Louie Miceli, Mike Lotz, Frank Tenuto, Mike Redpath, | 28 |
| Nick Giacobbe, Kyle Kolber, Mike Raimondi, Lino Novielli, Ben | 29 |
| Boffa, Patrick Carroll, Matt Boisacy, Mike Fennell, Jeff |
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| Turner, John Stenzel, John Laurel, Anthony DiGrazia, Dominic | 2 |
| Fontano, and Mike Gainey, who provided leadership to their | 3 |
| teammates; and
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| WHEREAS, The Driscoll football team also included Matt | 5 |
| Tremback, Colin Peterman, Tony Rallo, Chris Nickola, Phil Pedi, | 6 |
| Danny Taylor, Nick Lombardo, Joe Lara, Mike Fabrizi, Ryan | 7 |
| Felde, Matt Fields, David Schwabe, Kevin Palermo, Justin Kenny, | 8 |
| Sean Montividas, Jeff Eggert, Frank Amato, Kyle Sanders, Kevin | 9 |
| Agdeppa, Steven Schmal, Alex Gorogianis, Anthony Senese, Mike | 10 |
| Tabor, and Mike Echeverria; and
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| WHEREAS, The offensive team included Phil Pedi, John | 12 |
| Tranchitella, Justin Nudo, Dominic Fontano, Mike Redpath, Kyle | 13 |
| Jenkins, Ben Boffa, Mike Fennell, Jeff Turner, Anthony | 14 |
| DiGrazia, and Kyle Sanders; and
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| WHEREAS, The Highlander strong defense was lead by Nick | 16 |
| Giacobbe, Justin Kenny, Kyle Jenkins, Kevin Palermo, Justin | 17 |
| Nudo, Mike Fabrizi, Shane Franken, Mike Gainey, John | 18 |
| Tranchitella, Mike Redpath, and David Schwabe; and
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| WHEREAS, John Tranchitella led the team this season with 18 | 20 |
| touchdowns and rushed for 744 yards; and
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| WHEREAS, Junior quarterback Phil Pedi completed 6 of 10 | 22 |
| passes during the championship game for 108 yards in Driscoll's | 23 |
| drive for victory; and
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| WHEREAS, The team had a perfect undefeated season with 14 | 25 |
| wins and no losses; and
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| WHEREAS, This season Driscoll added to their record of 65-5 | 27 |
| since 2001 and 20 straight playoff victories; and
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| WHEREAS, Driscoll out-scored its opponents 471-102 and |
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| allowed an average of only 7.3 points a game; and
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| WHEREAS, Superintendent Stephen Marth, Principal Fred | 3 |
| Muehleman, and Athletic Director Robert Carlson have worked | 4 |
| hard to continue the winning tradition of the athletic program | 5 |
| at Driscoll Catholic High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Campus Minister Laraine Parker guided the team | 7 |
| spiritually throughout the season; and
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| WHEREAS, We recognize the accomplishment of these young | 9 |
| athletes and their coaches; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we do hereby offer our congratulations to Coach Mike Burzawa | 13 |
| and the members of the Driscoll Catholic High School Football | 14 |
| Team on winning the IHSA 2005 Class 4A State Championship | 15 |
| Title; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Principal Fred Muehleman, Athletic Director | 18 |
| Robert Carlson, Coach Mike Burzawa, Driscoll Catholic High | 19 |
| School, and the Highlander State Championship team members.
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