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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Okawville High School
4girls basketball team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the
52023-24 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls
6Basketball Championship for the second year in a row; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets defeated the Illini Bluffs at
8Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University on
9March 2, 2023 with a commanding final score of 48 to 36; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets win over the Illini Bluffs
11earned them their fourth girls state basketball championship,
12having previously hoisted the trophy in 1994, 2000, and 2023;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets finished the season with a
15record of 25 and 11, having handed losses to the St. Bede
16Bruins in the semifinals and the Goreville Blackcats in the
17Class 1A Okawville Super-Sectional; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets are led by Head Coach Haylee
19Bowers and Assistant Coaches Mike Frederking and Paige Kasten;
20and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets basketball team includes seniors
2Adysen Harre, Alayna Kraus, Maggie Sawicki, Raelyn Obermeier,
3Madisyn Wienstroer, and Mallory Bening, junior Jenna
4Hackstadt, sophomores Caroline Tepe, Brecklyn Rennegarbe, and
5Carly Schmidt, and freshmen Brynn Rhodes, Kenley Hackstadt,
6Addison Hasheider, Jilien Harre, and Schae Juenger; therefore,
7be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate the Okawville High School girls basketball
11team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the 2023-24 Illinois High
12School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls Basketball
13Championship, and we wish the team many more successful
14seasons; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Head Coach Haylee Bowers as an expression of our
17esteem and respect.