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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Danville High School
4 basketball coach Gene Gourley on his 500th victory; and
5 WHEREAS, Gene Gourley began his career in basketball at
6 Carrollton High School where he averaged fourteen points a
7 game as a player in his senior year; his first position as a
8 basketball coach was in Nashville, Illinois, in 1970; his
9 record for the first year was 22-6, with a record of 24-4 the
10 next season; in 1972 he moved to Paris, Illinois where he
11 spent six years, accumulating ninety-five wins; he then moved
12 to Danville, Illinois, and began his career as the Danville
13 High School basketball coach; and
14 WHEREAS, Gene Gourley's record at Danville stands at
15 359-201, eleven total regional championships, and seven Sweet
16 Sixteen appearances; for twenty-nine years, Coach Gourley has
17 coached basketball, and with game number 768, he reached the
18 milestone of 500 wins; and
19 WHEREAS, As the game against Champaign Centennial neared
20 an end, the score was tied, and Danville found an opening;
21 the junior point guard, David Gouard, pulled up from eighteen
22 feet and threw the ball over the head of a Centennial player;
23 Coach Gourley had been pushing for his point guard to start
24 taking the ball to the basket, but is happy that the young
25 player scored no matter where he shot from on the court;
26 Danville won the game with a 69-67 victory, and Coach Gourley
27 and his team celebrated an anniversary win; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
30 congratulate Coach Gene Gourley on his 500th win as a
31 basketball coach, and we congratulate Danville High School on
32 their record book victory against Champaign Centennial; and
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1 be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Coach Gene Gourley.