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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are  pleased  to  honor  milestones  in high
 4    school sports in the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Benet  Academy's  varsity  soccer   team,   the
 6    Redwings,   recently   won  the  IHSA  Class  A  Boys  Soccer
 7    championship game held at  Southern  Illinois  University  at
 8    Edwardsville; and

 9        WHEREAS,   The   Redwings  met  the  challenge  by  first
10    defeating   Springfield's   Sacred   Heart-Griffin   in   the
11    semifinals; in the final game the Redwings faced  their  East
12    Suburban  Catholic Conference rival, the St. Viator Lions; in
13    the end, the Lions were defeated by the final score  of  3-1,
14    and  the  Redwings won the school's first State championship;
15    and

16        WHEREAS, The Benet Academy team consists of Matt  Galica,
17    Will  Connolly,  Tim  Huml,  Pat  Blakemore, Luke Dreyer, Tim
18    Wirtz, Rich Janulis, Ryan Rivera, Ben Aguilar,  Eric  Zmrhal,
19    Gavin  Kubes,  Luke  Rojo,  Jon  Janulis,  Nick Aguilar, Mark
20    Peluse, Rick  Elliott,  Chris  Murphy,  Kevin  Schaefer,  Jay
21    Pepitone,  Andrew  Dennis,  Nate  Hartmann,  Greg Gonda, Drew
22    Connolly, Pat  Baldwin,  Matt  Raczkowski,  Anthony  Soldato,
23    Brian   Johnson  and  Rob  Janicki;  the  team  finished  its
24    undefeated season at 22 wins, no losses, and 4 draws; and

25        WHEREAS,  In  the  end,  Benet  Academy  won  the   State
26    championship, capping an undefeated season; immediately after
27    the  medal ceremony, Benet coaches Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar,
28    Bob Gros, and Jim Brown, the Reverend Jude  Randall,  O.S.B.,
29    school   President,  Ernest  Stark,  school  principal,  Gary
30    Golforth, school Athletic Director, presented medals  to  six
31    team  members  who were unable to participate in the playoffs
32    due to IHSA roster limitations; therefore be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 2    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 3    we  congratulate Benet Academy for winning its historic first
 4    IHSA Class A Boys Soccer championship; and be it further

 5        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 6    presented  to Father Jude, Mr. Stark, Mr. Golforth and to the
 7    coaches of the Benet Redwings, Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar, Bob
 8    Gros, Jim Brown, and to all 28 members of the  Benet  Varsity
 9    Soccer Team.