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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Saint Anthony High
4School Bulldogs on their outstanding and memorable 2012
5baseball season; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The St. Anthony Bulldogs set a school record for
7wins in a season, with a record of 31-8-1, and impressively
8captured the first State title in the program's history by
9defeating the Tuscola Warriors 6-1 in the Class 1A State
10Baseball Championship Game, allowing Tuscola to score only one
11run in the 5th inning; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Highlights of the St. Anthony Bulldogs season
13included regional wins over Louisville (6-0) and Dieterich
14(4-2), Sectional wins over Stew-Stras (13-1) and South Central
15(5-0), a State Championship quarterfinals win over Alton
16Marquette (6-2), and the State Championship victory over
17Tuscola (6-1); and
 
18    WHEREAS, Impressive performances from the St. Anthony
19Bulldogs include those of Ben Hecht, who went 11-0 as pitcher
20and hit .460; Reed Willenborg, who went 9-5 as pitcher and
21drove in the winning runs in the championship game; Austin
22Bushur, who had 2 huge 3-run homers in the Super-Sectional and

 

 

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1championship games; Jared Having, who had 3 hits in the
2championship series; and Michael Kabbes, who had 3 huge hits in
3the championship series; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The St. Anthony Bulldogs were led by the team's
5head coach, Kenny Miller, and the assistant coaches, Grant
6Keller and David McDevitt; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The members of the St. Anthony Bulldogs baseball
8team are Jared Having, Reed Willenborg, Michael Kabbes, Ben
9Hecht, Cody Pike, Charlie Schultz, Austin Bushur, Eli
10Dasenbrock, Alex Hoelscher, Scott Rentfrow, Neil Williams,
11Kyle Bourgeois, Zachary Gardewine, Connor Greene, Jacob
12Lorenz, Braden Puckett, Michael Stephens, Thomas Stephens, and
13Eric Gurtner; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we congratulate Coach Kenny Miller and the entire St. Anthony
17High School baseball team on their tremendous accomplishments
18during the 2012 season and their victory at the IHSA Class 1A
19State Baseball Championship; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Superintendent Fr. David Hoefler, Principal Ron
22Niebrugge, Athletic Director Kevin Palmer, Coach Kenny Miller,

 

 

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1and the entire St. Anthony State Championship baseball team as
2an expression of our esteem, with best wishes for continued
3success in the future.