Full Text of HR1041 096th General Assembly
HR1041 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Robinson High School Maroons boys varsity | 3 |
| basketball team won the 2009-2010 Illinois High School | 4 |
| Association Class 2A State Basketball Championship; and
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| WHEREAS, The team ended the season on a 15-game win streak | 6 |
| to finish at 27-5, and attained a 13-1 record in the Apollo | 7 |
| Conference; and
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| WHEREAS, The team reached the championship game by virtue | 9 |
| of defeats over Newton, Flora, Tolono (Unity), Teutopolis, | 10 |
| Decatur St. Teresa, and Chicago Hales Franciscan in post-season | 11 |
| play; and
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| WHEREAS, Robinson defeated perennial Illinois high school | 13 |
| basketball powerhouse Peoria Manual 76-68 in overtime in the | 14 |
| championship game; and
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| WHEREAS, The Maroons shot an outstanding 82 percent from | 16 |
| the free-throw line throughout post-season play, this included | 17 |
| a clutch 18 for 20 performance from senior point guard Derek | 18 |
| Hannahs in the title game; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The Robinson High School coaches and | 20 |
| administrators also stress the importance of academic |
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| excellence; collectively, the boys varsity basketball team | 2 |
| carries an exceptional Grade Point Average of 3.316, and all | 3 |
| seven senior members of the team will be attending colleges or | 4 |
| universities following graduation; and
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| WHEREAS, The student-athletes from the first boys | 6 |
| basketball State championship winning team are Derek Hannahs, | 7 |
| Zach Shipman, Austin Siler, Jimmy Stevens, Devan Dirks, Aaron | 8 |
| Siler, Cody Chamblin, Ben Jones, Alex Bruner, Meyers Leonard, | 9 |
| Warren Whithaus, Zach Danks, Andrew Schroeder, Eli Wright, and | 10 |
| Ryan McCray; and
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| WHEREAS, The IHSA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Champions | 12 |
| from Robinson were led by Head Coach Bob Coffman and Assistant | 13 |
| Coaches Les Wilson, Dave Holubek, and Dick Muston; the team was | 14 |
| additionally assisted by Athletic Trainer Scott Rawlings and | 15 |
| Manager Jasmyne Thomas; and
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| WHEREAS, The team enjoyed the season-long support of their | 17 |
| enthusiastic student section and fan base from Robinson and the | 18 |
| surrounding Crawford County area; they also boasted one of the | 19 |
| largest crowds at the State tournament at Carver Arena in | 20 |
| Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Superintendent Josh Quick, Principal Troy Hickey, | 22 |
| Assistant Principal Janis Loughery, and Athletic Director |
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| Terry Roche provided the administrative support necessary to | 2 |
| make the 2009-2010 season for the Maroons possible; therefore, | 3 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| congratulate and applaud the 2009-2010 Robinson High School | 7 |
| Maroons boys varsity basketball team for their accomplishments | 8 |
| throughout the season; for their talent and class displayed on | 9 |
| and off the court, and for the excellent coaching staff that | 10 |
| led the team to the 2A State Championship; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Robinson High School Athletic Director Terry | 13 |
| Roche, Head Coach Bob Coffman, Principal Troy Hickey, and the | 14 |
| entire Robinson High School boys basketball team and coaching | 15 |
| staff.
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