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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Batavia High School
4boys football team, the Bulldogs, on winning the 2017 Class 7A
5Boys Football State Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Bulldogs lived all season by their motto, "One
7more week"; they captured their second state title in four
8years on November 25, 2017 at Huskie Stadium at Northern
9Illinois University in DeKalb; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The chemistry, trust, and fraternal bond between
11the Bulldogs helped them remain levelheaded throughout the most
12important game of their lives against the Lake Zurich Bears;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Bulldogs led the game 14 to zero over Lake
15Zurich until the end of the third quarter with 3.51 remaining
16when Lake Zurich evened the score, sending the game into
17overtime at the end of regulation play; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Bulldogs celebrated a 21 to 14 victory with
19the winning touchdown coming on quarterback Riley Cooper's 10
20yard pass to wide receiver Tommy Stuttle in a thrilling
21overtime game; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Bulldogs, this band of brothers, ended their
214 week season with an overall record of 13 wins and one loss;
3and
 
4    WHEREAS, Contributing to the players' talents were the
5Batavia High School's coaching staff's abilities; leading the
6team throughout a great regular season and playoff run were
7Coach Dennis Piron, who has headed the team since 2010, and who
8is a 1983 Batavia High School graduate, along with his coaching
9staff of Matt Holm, Billy Colamatteo, Sean Anderson, Dan
10Cadena, P.J. White, Alvin Cole, Steve Bailey, Adam Lester,
11Shane Holl, Adam Kolowski, Mike Theriault, and Kyle Plate; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Bulldogs are Peyton Anselme, Alex Balentine,
13John Bannos, Charlie Bardol, Josiah Bassett, Bradley
14Baumgartner, Mike Bautch, Gavin Beiber, Derek Bex, Joe Burger,
15Jack Carlson, Tylor Collazo, Nicholas Conger, Matthew Conlon,
16Riley Cooper, Anthony Crews, Julian Davis, Connor Davis,
17Zachary Davis, Jacob Dunivan, Nolan Eike, Jeremiah Evers, Nico
18Fell, Isaiah Fields, Aaron Fink, William Fitch, Carter Gette,
19Anthony Glisson, John Golden, Wilson Gosselin, Elijah Green,
20Jack Haefer, Andrew Heinz, Jacob Hinzy, Evan Hitzeman, Evan
21Holden, Michael Jansey, Connor Keiken, Michael Lanterman,
22Tommy Larson, Harrison Liao, Liam Lo, Rocco Loffredi, Decorea
23McAlister, Maxwell McFadden, Michael McFarland, Jack Meyers,

 

 

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1Brennan Miller, Christopher Monroe, Nico Monteleone, Xander
2Montiel, Ethan Neibch, McKinley Neville, Michael Niemiec,
3Joseph Oroni, Ryan Parrington, Eric Peterson, Reggie Phillips,
4Anthony Piper, Jacob Randall, Collin Richter, Josef Ruzicka,
5Joey Sartain, Chandler Shoaf, Ryan Stark, Andrew Stasell,
6Matthew Stasell, Danny Stewart, Benjamin Stoffels, Tom
7Stuttle, Art Taylor, Ethan Towers, Jack Tryzna, Quin Urwiler,
8Zack Weber, Luke Weerts, Jacob Weston, Taylor Winslow, and
9William Zuza; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12congratulate the Batavia High School boys football team, the
13Bulldogs, on winning the 2017 Class 7A Boys Football State
14Championship, and we recognize all Bulldogs for their
15achievements both past and present; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17presented to the Bulldogs as a symbol of our respect and
18esteem.