Full Text of HR0398 97th General Assembly
HR0398 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members and | | 4 | | coaches of the Rock Island Rocks boys' basketball team on the | | 5 | | occasion of winning the 2011 Illinois State High School | | 6 | | Association Class 3A State Championship; and
| | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks defeated the Centralia | | 8 | | Orphans 50-40 in a double overtime win to capture the State | | 9 | | Championship IHSA Class 3A State Basketball Tournament in | | 10 | | Peoria; and
| | 11 | | WHEREAS, The 2010-2011 Rock Island Rocks earned the first | | 12 | | ever state title for Rock Island and became the first team from | | 13 | | the Quad Cities to claim first place in the boys' state | | 14 | | basketball tournament, something that has eluded the Quad | | 15 | | Cities for more than a century; and
| | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks finished their incredible | | 17 | | season with an impressive 30-3 record, setting a program record | | 18 | | for single season wins and winning the second state title in | | 19 | | Western Big 6 Conference history; and
| | 20 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Rock Island Rocks are Royce | | 21 | | Muskeyvalley, Cameron Ruiz, Romal Davis, Chasson Randle, |
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| | 1 | | DaShawn Banks, Marquel Beasley, Devon Jones, Darquez Bonner, | | 2 | | Denzel McCauley, Greg Henderson, Keith Keesy, and Shaq Jalloh; | | 3 | | the team's head coach is Thom Sigel and the assistant coaches | | 4 | | are Dan Coyne-Logan and Toney Hickman; and
| | 5 | | WHEREAS, Coach Thom Sigel is the first coach in state | | 6 | | history to win state titles with two different teams in two | | 7 | | different conference classes, having previously won a title | | 8 | | with Rock Falls in the 1999 Class A State Championship; and
| | 9 | | WHEREAS, The members and coaches of the Rock Island Rocks | | 10 | | serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the | | 11 | | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| | 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | | 14 | | we congratulate the members and coaches of the Rock Island | | 15 | | Rocks boys' basketball team on the occasion of winning the 2011 | | 16 | | Illinois State High School Association Class 3A State | | 17 | | Championship and wish them continued success and happiness in | | 18 | | the future; and be it further
| | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 20 | | presented to the Rock Island Rocks as a symbol of our esteem | | 21 | | and respect.
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