Full Text of HJR0035 94th General Assembly
HJ0035 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Peoria Richwoods High School Lady Knights won | 3 |
| the 2005 Class AA girls basketball state championship by | 4 |
| defeating Bartlett by the score of 52 to 48 on March 5, 2005, | 5 |
| in Normal; and
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| WHEREAS, The Lady Knights had a perfect 38-0 record, and | 7 |
| their 38 wins set a new state girls basketball record for most | 8 |
| victories in a season; the Lady Knights are the first Class AA | 9 |
| girls basketball state champions from outside the Chicago | 10 |
| metropolitan area since 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, The team members include senior captains Megan | 12 |
| McGann and Stephanie Cole; seniors L'Trice Gulley, Anna Pille, | 13 |
| Kate Clark, and Kara Shoemaker; juniors Kim Knaub, Elizabeth | 14 |
| Sinclair, Jewel Sanders, Kylee Grant, Jacq Richmond, and Hanna | 15 |
| Reising; and sophomores Biannca Ward, Rachal Waldschmidt, and | 16 |
| Alex Starks; and
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| WHEREAS, The coaching staff includes Head Coach John Gross
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| and Assistant Coaches Ralph Gallo, Todd Hursey, Tom McGhee, and | 19 |
| Kenneth Baker; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Biannca Ward earned first-team all-state honors | 21 |
| from the Chicago Tribune, the Associated Press, the Illinois | 22 |
| Basketball Coaches Association, and the Champaign | 23 |
| News-Gazette; she also earned first-team all-tournament | 24 |
| honors; and
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| WHEREAS, The students, staff, and parents at Richwoods and | 26 |
| all of Peoria have supported the Lady Knights and are | 27 |
| justifiably proud of the team's exemplary performance and hard | 28 |
| work; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 2 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the Richwoods | 3 |
| High School Lady Knights on their 2005 Class AA girls | 4 |
| basketball state championship title; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to each member of the team as an expression of our | 7 |
| esteem and with our best wishes for continued success in the | 8 |
| future.
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