Bill Text: IL HR0744 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Okawville High School girls basketball team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the 2023-24 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls Basketball Championship and wishes the team many more successful seasons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0744 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0744-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Okawville High School | ||||||
| 4 | girls basketball team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the | ||||||
| 5 | 2023-24 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls | ||||||
| 6 | Basketball Championship for the second year in a row; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets defeated the Illini Bluffs at | ||||||
| 8 | Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University on | ||||||
| 9 | March 2, 2023 with a commanding final score of 48 to 36; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets win over the Illini Bluffs | ||||||
| 11 | earned them their fourth girls state basketball championship, | ||||||
| 12 | having previously hoisted the trophy in 1994, 2000, and 2023; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets finished the season with a | ||||||
| 15 | record of 25 and 11, having handed losses to the St. Bede | ||||||
| 16 | Bruins in the semifinals and the Goreville Blackcats in the | ||||||
| 17 | Class 1A Okawville Super-Sectional; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets are led by Head Coach Haylee | ||||||
| 19 | Bowers and Assistant Coaches Mike Frederking and Paige Kasten; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets basketball team includes seniors | ||||||
| 2 | Adysen Harre, Alayna Kraus, Maggie Sawicki, Raelyn Obermeier, | ||||||
| 3 | Madisyn Wienstroer, and Mallory Bening, junior Jenna | ||||||
| 4 | Hackstadt, sophomores Caroline Tepe, Brecklyn Rennegarbe, and | ||||||
| 5 | Carly Schmidt, and freshmen Brynn Rhodes, Kenley Hackstadt, | ||||||
| 6 | Addison Hasheider, Jilien Harre, and Schae Juenger; therefore, | ||||||
| 7 | be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we congratulate the Okawville High School girls basketball | ||||||
| 11 | team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the 2023-24 Illinois High | ||||||
| 12 | School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls Basketball | ||||||
| 13 | Championship, and we wish the team many more successful | ||||||
| 14 | seasons; and be it further
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