Full Text of HR0944 94th General Assembly
HR0944 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, During the weekend of February 17 and 18, 2006, | 3 |
| two teams and five individuals will be inducted into the Mt. | 4 |
| Vernon Township High School Sports Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, The Hall of Fame induction ceremony pays tribute | 6 |
| to the individuals and teams who have distinguished themselves | 7 |
| by excellence in performance and achievement; it also | 8 |
| recognizes the importance of sports and the significant | 9 |
| contributions of coaches, athletes, and teams to our culture; | 10 |
| the inspiration they give to their community of fans is | 11 |
| inestimable; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2006 inductees include the 1920 Mt. Vernon | 13 |
| Orange and Black Team, the 1949 State Champion Mt. Vernon Rams, | 14 |
| and Jason James, Ernie Badger, Marvin Kendrick, Terry Gamber, | 15 |
| Nate Hawthorne, and Coleman Carrodine; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1920 Mt. Vernon Orange and Black Team members | 17 |
| were Roy Miller (Captain), Russell Miller, Chester Staley, | 18 |
| Milton Forsyth, James Johnson, Harel Estes, Roy Groves, Thomas | 19 |
| Wells, Carl Klein, and Harris; the team had a record of 17 wins | 20 |
| and 8 losses and won the final eight games of the season; they | 21 |
| won the district and State championships and were acclaimed to | 22 |
| be the best team in the State on March 20, 1920; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1949 State Champion Mt. Vernon Rams team | 24 |
| members were Eddie King, John Riley, Max Hooper, Walt Moore, | 25 |
| Bob Lee, Bob Wood, Sam Kirk, Wiley Mays, Jim Wilson, Bobby | 26 |
| Brown, Wayne Wagner, Albert Mckee, and Bob Musick (Manager); | 27 |
| they had a record of 30 wins and just three losses and beat | 28 |
| Hillsboro by a score of 45 to 39 to win the State Championship; | 29 |
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| WHEREAS, Jason James was a Class AA State High Jump |
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| Champion in 1988 and 1990 at 7'0"; he was a member of the 1989 | 2 |
| sweet sixteen Mt. Vernon Rams basketball team and placed third | 3 |
| at the Keebler International Invitational Track and Field Meet | 4 |
| with a school record high jump of 7'1"; Mr. James also was a | 5 |
| member of the school's 1990 track team 4 by 200 relay that | 6 |
| still holds the school record of 1:30:35; and
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| WHEREAS, Ernie Badger was a two-time South Seven wrestling | 8 |
| champion in the 185 lb. weight class, a three-time regional | 9 |
| wrestling champion from 1979 to 1981, sectional wrestling | 10 |
| champion in 1981 (the first one in school history), three-time | 11 |
| State qualifier from 1979 to 1981, and was named All-State in | 12 |
| 1981, placing fourth in the State; he still holds the single | 13 |
| season winning streak at 37, was All-Conference and All-South | 14 |
| in football in 1979 and 1980, and at one time held the school | 15 |
| discus record; he was the NCAA Division II National Champion at | 16 |
| the 190 lb. weight class in 1983, second in 1984, and fifth in | 17 |
| 1985, and he was named All-American in Division II Wrestling | 18 |
| for his sophomore through senior seasons; and
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| WHEREAS, Marvin Kendrick holds the Mt. Vernon Township High | 20 |
| School football record of most yards in a season with 1,411 in | 21 |
| 1966, most touchdowns in a season with 19 in 1966, most career | 22 |
| touchdowns with 26, and he is tied for the most touchdowns in | 23 |
| one game with five versus Salem in 1966; he played for UCLA in | 24 |
| 1969 and 1970 and at one time held the single game rushing | 25 |
| record for UCLA with a 192-yard effort versus USC in 1970; he | 26 |
| also played for the Portland Storm World Football League team; | 27 |
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| WHEREAS, Terry Gamber was named first team Associated Press | 29 |
| All-State in 1965, Chicago Sun Times All-State in 1965, and | 30 |
| All-State for both his junior and senior seasons by the | 31 |
| Champaign News-Gazette; he scored 1,166 points during his Mt. | 32 |
| Vernon Township High School career and led the Rams to a sweet | 33 |
| sixteen appearance in 1965 with a record of 23 and 7; he was a |
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| three-year starter for Northwestern University and was a | 2 |
| Northwestern team captain during his senior year (1968-1969); | 3 |
| he was then drafted by the Carolina Cougars of the ABA in 1969; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Nate Hawthorne scored 904 points in his varsity | 6 |
| career at Mt. Vernon Township High School, is a member of the | 7 |
| IBCA Hall of Fame, and was named to the Chicago Sun Times | 8 |
| All-State team in 1969; he led the Rams to a record of 26 and 5 | 9 |
| and to the sweet sixteen in 1968 and then to a record of 23 and | 10 |
| 5 and to the elite eight in 1969; he scored 1,001 points at | 11 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale from 1969 to 1973 and | 12 |
| played three years in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers and | 13 |
| the Phoenix Suns from 1973 to 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Coleman Carrodine scored 1,448 points in his | 15 |
| 4-year varsity career, is a charter member of the IBCA Hall of | 16 |
| Fame (1973), earned 16 varsity letters at Mt. Vernon Township | 17 |
| High School, scored 601 points in the 1959-1960 season, and | 18 |
| coached Champaign Centennial to 264 victories in his 22 year | 19 |
| career; his 1983-1984 Champaign Central Chargers finished with | 20 |
| a record of 26 and 4 and earned elite eight status; he was | 21 |
| inducted into the Western Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame in | 22 |
| 1976 and is Western Illinois University's second-leading | 23 |
| career scorer with 2,128 points from 1960 to 1964; he is the | 24 |
| number 20 all-time career scorer in all division levels below | 25 |
| NCAA Division I; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 27 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 28 |
| we congratulate these outstanding individuals and teams on | 29 |
| being inducted into the Mt. Vernon Township High School Sports | 30 |
| Hall of Fame; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 32 |
| presented to each of the aforementioned individuals and team |
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