Full Text of HR0912 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Arcola High School | 4 | | Purple Riders on winning the 2015 Illinois High School | 5 | | Association (IHSA) Class 1A State Championship in football; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, This is the Purple Rider's 4th Class 1A State | 7 | | Championship; they previously won the championship in 1978, | 8 | | 1985, and 1988; they finished 2nd in 1977, 1991, and 1995; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, On their way to the championship, the Purple | 10 | | Riders outscored opponents 714, the third most points in IHSA | 11 | | history, to 78; they had a running clock against 12 of their 14 | 12 | | opponents; averaged 51 points per game, 7th most in IHSA | 13 | | history; scored 97 touchdowns, 3rd most in IHSA history, with | 14 | | 66 of those being rushing touchdowns, 7th most in IHSA history; | 15 | | and intercepted the ball 29 times, 8th most in IHSA history; | 16 | | they had 5,396 yards of offense on the season and held | 17 | | opponents to 1,329 yards; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Purple Riders have the 3rd most wins in | 19 | | football in the State; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Purple Riders are Conner Strader, Clayton | 21 | | Strader, Parker Ingram, Kollin Seaman, Martin Rund, Daniel |
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| 1 | | Mendoza, Victor Gonzalez, Myles Roberts, Blake Lindenmeyer, | 2 | | Seth Still, Chase Strader, Mario Cortez, Sam Crane, Alec Downs, | 3 | | Tony Salinas, Wyatt Fishel, Giovanni Salinas, Brandon Lebeter, | 4 | | Cole Hutton, Rey Garza, Ethan Still, Mason Gentry, Javi Leal, | 5 | | Pablo Rodriguez, Kaleb Byard, Jonny Garza, Dalton Pantier, | 6 | | Gavin Coombe, Luke Spencer, Tito Garcia, Clayton Kuhring, Jack | 7 | | Spencer, Alex Kauffman, Aaron Dudley, Grant McPherson, Jorge | 8 | | Garza, and Jack Nacke; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Purple Riders head coach is Zach Zehr; the | 10 | | assistant coaches are Tommy Eddleman, Jim Fishel, Aldo Garcia, | 11 | | Chad Hopkins, Jarod Kiger, and John Lidy; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | congratulate the Arcola High School Purple Riders on winning | 15 | | the 2015 Illinois High School Association Class 1A State | 16 | | Championship in football and we wish them many more years of | 17 | | success; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented the Purple Riders as an expression of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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