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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to
3congratulate the 2022-2023 7th-and-8th grade girls basketball
4team of Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School for winning
5the Chicago Public School district-wide championship, CPS
6Score!; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein of the girls Bell Blaze team
8remains committed to girls athletics and has instilled the
9values of hard work and sportsmanship in his players; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Assistant Coach Jessica Ransom, Jermaine Marks,
11Katie Bermingham, John Martin, Juan Gonzales, and Nicole
12Tsamoulos have also been crucial to the success of the Bell
13Blaze team; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein began the girls basketball
15program in 1993 and has been head coach ever since; and
 
16    WHEREAS, This marks Coach Mark Klein's third consecutive
17championship win and the team's 76th consecutive district game
18win; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The members of the Bell Blaze team are Tilly
20Paulson, Zohra Atmani, Eliana Snopek, Vega Ransom-Marks, Ava

 

 

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1Martin, Mila Maksimovic, Mary Hickman, Alana Kroot, Nicole
2Toledo, Zinnia Meyer, Sofia Gonzalez, Lyla Hamilton, Madeline
3Snyder, Allison Reynolds, and Callie Possinger; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Teamwork and game plans that allow every player
5to contribute were crucial to the team's success; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The team played exemplary defense, understanding
7that cooperation in these situations would allow for
8fast-breaks and opportunities to take chances; therefore, be
9it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12we congratulate Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School on the
13district-wide championships of their 7th-and-8th grade girls
14basketball team; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School to
17highlight the impactful role of sportsmanship and athleticism
18on young people.