Full Text of HR0258 97th General Assembly
HR0258 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives played the | 3 | | House Republican Staff in basketball on April 6, 2011; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Staff, led by Chief of Staff | 5 | | Matt O'Shea and Deputy Chief of Staff Scott Reimers, defeated | 6 | | the House Republican Representatives by a combined score of | 7 | | 51-13; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Matt O'Shea, Scott Reimers, Sara Wojcicki, David | 9 | | Dring, Michael Mahoney, Robert Stefanski, Jason Rudis, John | 10 | | Slocum, JB Myers, Kevin Daley, Jeremy Fox, Coach David | 11 | | Luechtenfeld, and team statistician Donovan Griffith won the | 12 | | first ever Staff vs. Representatives basketball game, which was | 13 | | commonly referred to as the Studs vs. the Duds; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives were forced | 15 | | to ask the House Republican Staff to play 4 players to their 5 | 16 | | to "make it fair"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives were led by | 18 | | Representative Pam Roth, scoring 4 of the House Republican | 19 | | Representatives' 13 points, thus completely outplaying | 20 | | seatmate Representative Jim Watson; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Prior to the game, Michael Mahoney of the House | 2 | | Republican Staff was mocked by fellow staff members for | 3 | | possessing minimal basketball experience and being excessively | 4 | | awkward; he averaged over 8 points per game; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Staff was led in scoring by | 6 | | Matt Paprocki, Michael Mahoney, Jason Rudis, and John Slocum, | 7 | | who all scored 8 points; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Connelly, while playing 5 on 4 | 9 | | basketball, celebrated more than UConn's National Basketball | 10 | | Team after hitting an insignificant 3-point shot; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The House Republican Representatives created a | 12 | | new basketball statistic and similarly set a new state record | 13 | | of 8 CPG (collapses per game); and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Both Representative Sullivan and Former House | 15 | | Republican Staffer David Dring battled the entire game for the | 16 | | 'shortest shorts award'; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Coach John Cavaletto of Mater Dei High School was | 18 | | outsmarted and outcoached by Coach David Luechtenfeld of | 19 | | Okawville High School with the stifling 1-2-1 zone defense and | 20 | | an emotional halftime speech; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we recognize and applaud the House Republican Staff Basketball | 4 | | team for their accomplishments during the April 6, 2011 game, | 5 | | for their talent and teamwork displayed on the court, for their | 6 | | excellence and humility off the court, for the outstanding | 7 | | coaching staff leading the team, and for the brilliant | 8 | | sportsmanship demonstrated throughout and after the game; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the House Republican Staff Basketball team as a | 12 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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