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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Murphysboro Eighth
4Grade Volleyball Team on winning the Southern Illinois Junior
5High School Athletic Association (SIJHSAA) Class L State
6Championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Murphysboro Blue Devils defeated DuQuoin in
8two closely-fought sets by scores of 26-24 and 25-23 to win the
9State Championship for the second straight year, finishing the
10season with an overall record of 28-8 and 12-0 in the
11Conference; and
 
12    WHEREAS, In the run-up to the State Championship, the Blue
13Devils also captured their eighth consecutive Junior Southwest
14Egyptian Conference title; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Blue Devils have not only excelled on the
16court but also in the classroom, with a team average GPA of a
173.7 on a 4.0 scale; and
 
18    WHEREAS, This season also featured the 1,000th combined
19career volleyball win for Blue Devils Head Coach Mike Layne,
20who has coached volleyball within the Murphysboro School
21District at both the middle and high school levels; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Assistant Coach of the Blue Devils is Jessica
2Whitehead, and the team is helped out by volunteer coaches Fred
3Schnautz, Darrly Backstrom, Lisa Shields, Marian Laughland,
4and Mike Laughland, as well as bus driver Roy Overturf, who has
5driven the team to every game for the past three years; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Blue Devils are Kayden Gilmore, Maddie Dallas,
7Malorie Gill, Zoey Cox, Sarah Cook, Morgan Boucher, Annie
8Decker, Hailey Tellor, Ellee Doerr, Alyssa Werner, Carlee
9Pullis, Brynnlie Fox, Lillie Rudolph, Shelby Cook, Tabytha
10Young, India Harris, and manager Emily Cue; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13congratulate the Murphysboro Blue Devils Eighth Grade
14Volleyball Team on winning the SIJHSAA Class L State
15Championships, and we admire their commitment and dedication
16not only to their sport, but to their studies as well; and be
17it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
19presented to all members and coaches of the Blue Devils as a
20symbol of our respect and esteem.