Full Text of HR0302 096th General Assembly
HR0302 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Oswego High School Panthers boys varsity | 3 |
| basketball team finished second in the 2008-2009 Illinois High | 4 |
| School Association 3A State Basketball Tournament and claimed | 5 |
| the school's first State trophy in basketball; and
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| WHEREAS, The Oswego High School basketball team attained a | 7 |
| 11-3 record in the Southwest Prairie Conference; the team ended | 8 |
| the 2008-2009 season with a 26-7 record; and
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| WHEREAS, Kevin Schnable coached the Oswego High School | 10 |
| basketball team to the State championship game, where they lost | 11 |
| 61-59 to Centennial (Champaign) High School; the team went 6-1 | 12 |
| in the tournament playoffs; and
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| WHEREAS, Oswego reached the championship game after Oswego | 14 |
| senior guard Jordan Mitchell's clutch 3-pointer at the buzzer | 15 |
| led his team to a 56-55 win over Leo (Chicago, Illinois) in the | 16 |
| State Tournament's semi-final game; and
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| WHEREAS, During the final game of the State championship, | 18 |
| team members Mitchell and Ziemnik made many 3-pointers; team | 19 |
| member Galow made many assists; Kwiatkowski secured clutch | 20 |
| rebounds in an epic game between Oswego and Champaign | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, The Panthers' season ended with a 26-7 record and | 2 |
| the best finish in Oswego High School's basketball history; and
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| WHEREAS, Oswego High School led the Southwest Prairie | 4 |
| Conference with 2,097 points during the 2008-2009 season and | 5 |
| established itself as a powerhouse in the conference; and
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| WHEREAS, The student-athletes who led the Panthers to their | 7 |
| second place finish in the IHSA Class 3A Boys State Basketball | 8 |
| Tournament are Ryan West, Danny Bruzdzinski, Brett | 9 |
| Baumgartner, Bukky Adeofe, Andrew Galow, James Taylor, Tyler | 10 |
| Pence, Jordan Mitchell, Chris Bagley, Parker Meek, Joe | 11 |
| Kwiatkowski, Andrew Ziemnik, Collin Seibert, Paul Cahill, | 12 |
| DeAndre Mitchell, and Team Manager Alex "Gator" Gates; and
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| WHEREAS, The IHSA Class 3A Boys Basketball State Runners-up | 14 |
| were led by Head Coach Kevin Schnable and
Assistant Coaches | 15 |
| Matt Borrowman, Jim Bagley, Mike Hettinger, Mike Schnable, Tim | 16 |
| Taviani, Jeff Henrikson, Mike Anderson, and Joe Sweeney; the | 17 |
| team was additionally assisted by videographer George Bailey, | 18 |
| bus driver Dave Sutcliff, and athletic trainers Brian Cronin | 19 |
| and Michelle Knizner; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Superintendent Dr. David Behlow, Principal Mike | 21 |
| Wayne, Assistant Principals Dr. Nancy Chibe and Craig Watson, |
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| Athletic Director Steve McInerney, Assistant Athletic Director | 2 |
| Greg Scott, Mark Johnson, and Athletic Administrative | 3 |
| Assistant Sarah Miller made the 2008-2009 season for the | 4 |
| Panthers possible; therefore, be it | 5 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate and applaud the 2008-2009 Oswego High School | 8 |
| Panthers boys basketball team for their accomplishments during | 9 |
| the 2008-2009 season, for their talent and teamwork displayed | 10 |
| on the court, and for the outstanding coaching staff that led | 11 |
| the team to the State Championship game and brought the team to | 12 |
| a fantastic conclusion as the State runner-up in the boys Class | 13 |
| 3A tournament; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Oswego High School Athletic Director Steve | 16 |
| McInerney, Head Coach Kevin Schnable, Oswego Principal Mike | 17 |
| Wayne, and the entire Oswego High School boys basketball team | 18 |
| and coaching staff.
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