Full Text of HR0170 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 1970-71 and 1971-72 | 4 | | Thornridge High School Varsity Boys basketball teams, the | 5 | | Falcons; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 1967, Thornridge High School became | 7 | | part of a plan to ensure that all students in District 205 | 8 | | would have the opportunity for a quality education, regardless | 9 | | of color or zip code; it was determined that a small group of | 10 | | eighth graders would be bussed that fall to Thornridge, | 11 | | integrating the all-white campus; by 1970, the boys basketball | 12 | | team was a racially-diverse group of athletes; they would go on | 13 | | to win the 1971 and 1972 State Championships, the only | 14 | | championships in Thornridge High School history, and become | 15 | | known as the greatest high school basketball teams in Illinois | 16 | | history; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The 1971-72 Falcons compiled a season-record of 33 | 18 | | wins and no losses, winning by an average of almost 33 points a | 19 | | game and defeating 16 conference champions; the score of the | 20 | | title game over Quincy of 104 to 69 remains a record for the | 21 | | largest margin of victory; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Over the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons, the Falcons |
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| 1 | | put together a winning streak of 58 games; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The starters for the 1970-71 and 1971-72 Falcons, | 3 | | Quinn Buckner; Boyd Batts; Greg Rose; Ernest Dunn; Mike | 4 | | Bonczyk; Michael Henry; Mark McClain; William "Nee" Gatlin; | 5 | | James Loggins; team Captain, Tony "Grubbs" Jackson; and head | 6 | | coach, Ron Ferguson, will be acknowledged at a jersey | 7 | | retirement ceremony and celebration of the greatest Illinois | 8 | | high school basketball teams in history on February 23, 2017 at | 9 | | Thornridge Gymnasium in Dolton; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | recognize the 1970-71 and 1971-72 Thornridge High School | 13 | | Varsity Boys basketball teams, the Falcons; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Quinn Buckner; Boyd Batts; Greg Rose; Ernest Dunn; | 16 | | Mike Bonczyk; Michael Henry; Mark McClain; William "Nee" | 17 | | Gatlin; James Loggins; team Captain, Tony "Grubbs" Jackson; and | 18 | | head coach, Ron Ferguson.
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