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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Evergreen Park
4Athletic Association Senior League Baseball Team on winning the
5State championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team played a taxing
7schedule, which included 33 games in 6 weeks, including 6
8double headers, at one point playing 14 games in 12 days; they
9finished their summer with a record of 22-10-1, earning them a
10bye in the district tournament; a 10-2 win in sectionals sent
11them to a grueling 5-day State tournament in which they
12prevailed with a 9-5 win over Burbank to capture the State
13title; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team earned a trip to the
15regional tournament in Oglesby/Peru; they finished pool play
16with a 3-1 record and qualified for the regional semifinals as
17one of only 16 teams left in the United States; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team's dream of a World
19Series was cut short with a 7-5 loss to Michigan in the
20regional semifinals; and
 
21    WHEREAS, The EPAA Senior League Team should be proud of

 

 

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1their season and the tremendous effort put forth by the team;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior
4League Baseball Team consists of manager, Rich Farmer; coaches,
5Ron O'Toole, Jim Walsh, and Joe Glover; special assistant, Ken
6Fyrer; and players, Tim Walsh, Mark Martin, Mickey Glover, Joe
7Crowley, Marty Meyer, Kevin Farmer, Jack Ryan, Ron O'Toole,
8Mike Rizzo, Brian Paul, David Ziebarth, Frank Meisl, Dan
9Anzelmo, and Jon Karstrand; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12we congratulate the Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior
13League Baseball Team on winning the State championship; and be
14it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to the Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior
17League Baseball team as an expression of our esteem and
18respect.