Full Text of HR0194 096th General Assembly
HR0194 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Hinckley-Big | 4 |
| Rock girl's basketball team, the Lady Royals, on the occasion | 5 |
| of winning the Class 1A State championship on February 28th, | 6 |
| 2009 at Illinois State's Redbird Arena; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The 2009 Lady Royals are the first Hinckley-Big | 8 |
| Rock girls team and just the second Hinckley-Big Rock team to | 9 |
| ever make it to the State finals in basketball; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Lady Royals are freshmen Katie | 11 |
| Hollis and Kaitlin Philips, sophomores Alyssa Baunach and Tess | 12 |
| Godhardt, juniors Jes Meyer, Jenna Thorp, Maxzine Rossler, and | 13 |
| Jessica Leifheit, and seniors Bianca Edmeier and Melissa | 14 |
| Herrmann; the team's head coach is Greg Burks and the assistant | 15 |
| coaches are Dan Rasich and Jerry Tokars; the team manager is | 16 |
| Chris Stola, the athletic director is Bill Sambrooks, the | 17 |
| principal is Bob Atherton, and the Superintendent is Dr. Jim | 18 |
| Hammack; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The towns of Hinckley and Big Rock have a history | 20 |
| of soccer even though Hinckley was the site of the first Harlem | 21 |
| Globetrotters game in 1927, in which the Hinckley Merchants | 22 |
| team beat the Globetrotters; the towns of Hinckley and Big Rock |
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| have a combined population of 2,300; and the Hinckley-Big Rock | 2 |
| High School educates 272 students; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Coach Greg Burks graduated from Hinckley-Big Rock | 4 |
| in 1996 and after college coached the Hinckley-Big Rock track | 5 |
| program in 2002, then the middle school soccer team, and in | 6 |
| 2008 took over as coach of the Lady Royals; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Every member of the team played and contributed to | 8 |
| the overall success of the Lady Royals; the team won their | 9 |
| first State championship with a 42-30 victory; and finished the | 10 |
| season with a record of 31-3; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The team demonstrated exemplary teamwork, | 12 |
| sportsmanship, and athletic excellence, and will serve as | 13 |
| cherished role models for years to come, and all but two | 14 |
| members of the team will return next year; returning players | 15 |
| include Illinois Basketball Coaches Association First Team | 16 |
| All-State Jenna Thorp and standouts Tess Godhardt, Maxine | 17 |
| Rossler, Jes Meyer, and Kaitlin Philips; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| congratulate the Hinckley-Big Rock girl's basketball team, the | 21 |
| Lady Royals, and give our best wishes to the team members in | 22 |
| their future pursuits and wish them success for the next |
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| season; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the Lady Royals as a symbol of our esteem and | 4 |
| respect.
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