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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Winchester Elementary
4School 8th grade girls basketball team, the Wolverines, on
5winning the 2016 Illinois Elementary School Association Class
68-2A State Championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Wolverines defeated the Decatur Hope Hawks by
8a score of 37 to 23 to win the State Championship; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Wolverines won the Regional Championship by
10defeating Greenfield Elementary School; they won the Sectional
11Championship by defeating Brown County Elementary School; in
12the first round of the State Tournament, they defeated the 2015
13Champions, Lewistown Central Elementary School; in the second
14round of the State Tournament, they beat the previously
15undefeated Altamont Elementary School team; and
 
16    WHEREAS, This is the second State Championship for the
17Wolverines in the last three seasons; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Wolverines complied a record of 25 wins and
19two losses on their way to the championship; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The Wolverines are Madi DeJaynes, Reagan Evans,

 

 

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1Calista Fox, Karsyn Wardlow, Sydney Elliott, Summer Davis, Anna
2Sellars, Emma Slagle, Tristan Lashmett, Zaylei Evans, and Zoe
3Evans; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Wolverines are coached by Head Coach Jason
5Likes, and Assistant Coach Nolan Roberts; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8congratulate the Winchester Elementary School 8th grade girls
9basketball team, the Wolverines, on winning the 2016 Illinois
10Elementary School Association Class 8-2A State Championship,
11and we wish them many more years of success; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the Wolverines as an expression of our esteem and
14respect.