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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION |
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Althoff Catholic High |
| 4 | | School football team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 |
| 5 | | Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Championship; |
| 6 | | and |
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Crusaders dispatched Dupo High School 60 to |
| 8 | | 0, Carrollton High School 43 to 21, Casey-Westfield High |
| 9 | | School 54 to 7, and Camp Point Central High School 58 to 19 on |
| 10 | | their way to the championship game; and |
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Crusaders defeated Lena Winslow High School |
| 12 | | 57 to 14 to claim their fourth football state championship in |
| 13 | | school history and the first since 1990; and |
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The defensive starters for the Crusaders |
| 15 | | championship team are Jason Dowell-DE, Asher Peterson-DE, |
| 16 | | William Schaeffer-DT, Cooper Zimmer-LB, Stephen Ache-LB, Drake |
| 17 | | Mosely-LB, Baron Vaughn-LB, Xavier Chapman-S, Lorne Green-S, |
| 18 | | Jamaris Saddler-CB, and Charleston Coldon-CB; and |
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The offensive starters for the Crusaders |
| 20 | | championship team are Jayden Ellington-QB, Dierre Hill Jr.-RB, |
| 21 | | Aaron Powell-FB/TE, Charleston Coldon-WR, Kylin Jordan-WR, |
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| 1 | | Steven Brown-WR, Logan Davis-LT, Brock Rodgers-LG, Cameron |
| 2 | | Golden-C, Jordan Wright-RG, and Patton Leib-RT; and |
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The All State players for the Crusaders are |
| 4 | | Dierre Hill Jr., Jason Dowell, and Charleston Coldon; and |
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The coaching staff for the Crusaders are Head |
| 6 | | Coach Austin Frazier, Byron Gettis, Jacob Campbell, Adnan |
| 7 | | Al-Amami, Joe Habermehl, Kenneth Nance, Kenneth Powers, Justin |
| 8 | | Williamson, Gregory Gibson, Ryne Harris, Adam McElligott, |
| 9 | | Austin Givens, Freddy Edwards, and Raymond Winfrey; and |
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The team mantra for the Crusaders is "Stack Your |
| 11 | | Brick"; therefore, be it |
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 13 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 14 | | we congratulate the Althoff Catholic High School football |
| 15 | | team, the Crusaders, on winning the 2024 Illinois High School |
| 16 | | Association Class 1A State Championship, and we wish them many |
| 17 | | more successful seasons; and be it further |
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the Crusaders' players and coaches as a symbol of |
| 20 | | our respect and esteem. |