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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Bartelso Elementary
4School varsity boys basketball team, the Braves, on winning the
52018 Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association
6(SIJHSAA) Class S State Championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Braves defeated Carrier Mills by a score of
857-46 at the championship game at Rend Lake College on February
910, 2018; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Braves finished the season with a perfect
11record of 32-0; they are the only boys basketball team in the
12history of Bartelso Elementary School to go undefeated, and
13they are the first boys basketball team from Bartelso to place
14in the State Championship Tournament; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Braves are coached by Head Coach Tim Moore and
16Assistant Coaches Troy Loepker and Luke Winkeler; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The eighth grade members of the Braves are Dalton
18Boruff, Trey Gerdes, Logan Kluemke, Jace Loepker, Brady Moore,
19Jacob Patton, Hayden Theobald, and Caleb Voss; the seventh
20grade members of the Braves are Connor Becker, Bryce Behrman,
21Connor Loepker, Hayden Rickhoff, and Jack Shelton; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In addition to winning the SIJHSAA Class S State
2Championship, the Braves also won the Pinckneyville
3Tournament, the Clinton County Conference Tournament, the
4Bethel Tournament, and the Okawville Regional Tournament;
5therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
7HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8congratulate the Bartelso Elementary School varsity boys
9basketball team, the Braves, on winning the 2018 SIJHSAA Class
10S State Championship, and we wish them many more successful
11years on the court; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
13presented to the coaches and members of the Braves as a symbol
14of our respect and esteem.