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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are proud to recognize outstanding
4 achievements in high school athletics in this State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Holy Cross
6 Junior Varsity Cheerleaders won first place at the 18th
7 annual State of Illinois Cheerleading Championships in the
8 Junior Varsity Division; and
9 WHEREAS, The championships were held at the Prairie
10 Capital Convention Center in Springfield on March 9th and
11 10th; this was the squad's first time ever competing at the
12 championships; and
13 WHEREAS, Holy Cross qualified for state at a December
14 regional at St. Viator and competed against twenty-six of the
15 best high school junior varsity teams to win the state
16 finals; and
17 WHEREAS, With being crowned the state champions, the
18 junior varsity squad finished the year undefeated; Holy Cross
19 placed first at many different competitions, including the
20 National Cheerleaders Association (NCA); the Great America
21 Cheerleading Championships; the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches
22 Association (ICCA) St. Viator Regional; the Northwestern
23 University Invitational; the ICCA Riverside-Brookfield
24 Regional; the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Windy
25 City Championships; and the Illinois State Cheerleading
26 Championships; and
27 WHEREAS, The Holy Cross Junior Varsity Cheerleaders owe
28 their success to incredible team work and dedication; the
29 girls are currently freshmen and sophomores at Mother Guerin,
30 Trinity, and Resurrection high schools; they showed
31 incredible confidence during the finals and were extremely
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1 prepared and relaxed entering the event; and
2 WHEREAS, The Holy Cross Junior Varsity Cheerleaders are
3 Audrey Bejar, Frankie Bluestein (Captain), Amy Brickman, Gia
4 Cerino, Annette Cioch, Claire Connolly, Jamie Cummings, April
5 DiStefano (Captain), Theresa Fifarek, Cath Garrity, Colleen
6 Gregus, Kira Grottola, Katie Leonardo, Stefanie Mirabile,
7 Joelle Paterno, Nicole Romando, Daniella Smid, and Angela
8 Wilk; they are coached by Nancy Donlan and Roseann Scorpo,
9 and are assisted by Jean Petrucci and Donna Skach; therefore,
10 be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 we congratulate the Holy Cross Junior Varsity Cheerleaders
14 for their outstanding performance and first place victory at
15 the 18th annual State of Illinois Cheerleading Championships;
16 and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution is
18 presented to the Holy Cross Junior Varsity Cheerleading squad
19 as an expression of our esteem.