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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone
4 achievements in high school sports in the State of Illinois;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, The Carrollton High School Girls Varsity
7 Basketball Team, the Lady Hawks, won the IHSA State Class A
8 Basketball Championship on February 23, 2002 held at the
9 Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois; and
10 WHEREAS, The Lady Hawks met the challenge by first
11 defeating the Pioneers of University High School in the
12 quarterfinal game; they then went on to defeat the Pioneers
13 of Alleman High School in the semifinal game; finally, they
14 faced the Lady Suns of Southeastern High School in the final
15 game; in the end, the Lady Suns were defeated by the final
16 score of 24 to 20, and the Lady Hawks were going home with
17 their second State Championship Trophy in two years; and
18 WHEREAS, The Lady Hawk team consists of Dana Carter,
19 Molly Reed, Krisse Peters, Alicia DeShasier, Justine Tucker,
20 Lauren Brannan, Lisa Grummel, Tracy Stumpf, Terra Stumpf,
21 Amber Shelton, Jena Staples, Nicole Meyer, Hannah Cunningham,
22 and Katie Nolan; the coach is Lori Blade; the assistant coach
23 is Donna Farley; the team manager is Beth Cook; and the
24 statistician is Courtney Symes; and
25 WHEREAS, The 2001-2002 Lady Hawk Season also included
26 titles in the Western Illinois Valley Conference, the Salem
27 Thanksgiving Tournament, the Beardstown Holiday Classic, the
28 Carrollton Invitational Tournament, the Hardin (Calhoun)
29 Regional, the Carlinville Sectional, and the Edwardsville
30 Super-Sectional; the Lady Hawks finished their season with a
31 record of 31 wins and 3 losses; and
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1 WHEREAS, The Lady Hawks have made six State tournament
2 appearances and have been in three of the last four title
3 games; they claimed the 2002 IHSA State Class A Championship
4 Title in 2001 and 2002; in addition, in her eight seasons as
5 head coach, Lori Blade has compiled an outstanding coaching
6 record of 233 wins and 27 losses with an average of 29 wins
7 per year; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-
9 SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10 congratulate the Lady Hawks, the Carrollton High School Girls
11 Varsity Basketball Team, on winning the IHSA State Class A
12 Basketball Championship; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
14 presented to the superintendent of Carrollton High School,
15 Michael Barry, principal, Alan Churchman, coach, Lori Blade
16 assistant coach, Donna Farley, athletic director, Greg
17 Pohlman, and to each member of the 2002 Lady Hawk
18 Championship Basketball Team as an expression of our esteem.