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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, The Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
6 Boys Varsity Baseball Team, the Boilermakers, recently won
7 the 2001 State Class AA Baseball Championship held at
8 Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, Illinois; and
9 WHEREAS, The Boilermakers met the challenge by first
10 defeating Mt. Vernon High School by a score of 8 to 2 in the
11 quarterfinal game; they then went on to defeat the team from
12 Chicago Marist High School in the semifinal game by the score
13 of 8 to 1; finally, they faced Oak Park River Forest High
14 School in the State finals; in the end, the Boilermakers
15 defeated Oak Park River Forest High School by the final score
16 of 5 to 2, and went home with the school's first State title;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, After the game, Kyle Arthur was named as the
19 tournament's Most Valuable Player; he was joined on the
20 all-tournament team by teammates Dan Haley, Wade Greenlee,
21 and Josh Perkins; and
22 WHEREAS, The Boilermakers consist of Aaron Moore, Matt
23 Brooks, Kyle Arthur, Tyler Grace, Ryan Scott, Jared Boicken,
24 Phil Pippin, Mark Williams, Josh Perkins, Drue Johnson, Ben
25 West, Tim Messer, Dan Haley, John Juergens, Matt Irps, Ben
26 Martin, Wade Greenlee, and Chad Turrell; their coach is Mike
27 Mulligan; and their assistant coaches are Todd Wolter, Bob
28 Lustig, Joe Powers, Will Patterson, and John Longtin; the
29 team ended the season with 28 wins and 8 losses; and
30 WHEREAS, The Boilermakers will be honored with a parade
31 through Bradley and Bourbonnais; after the parade, the team
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1 will be presented with the State championship trophy in the
2 Donald M. Turner Gymnasium; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we congratulate the Boilermakers, the Bradley-Bourbonnais
6 Community High School Boys Varsity Baseball Team, on winning
7 the 2001 State Class AA Baseball Championship; and be it
8 further
9 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10 presented to Dennis Bossinger, the superintendent of
11 Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School, William Gamble,
12 the principal of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School,
13 Mike Mulligan, the coach of the Boilermakers, Todd Wolter,
14 Bob Lustig, Joe Powers, Will Patterson, and John Longtin, the
15 assistant coaches, and to each member of the Boilermaker team
16 as an expression of our esteem.