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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the | ||||||
4 | Springfield-based Illinois Predators seventh-grade girls' | ||||||
5 | basketball team on earning the Gold Medal at the State Games of | ||||||
6 | America; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Predators earned the Gold Medal after sweeping | ||||||
8 | the competition at the 2007 State Games of America in Colorado | ||||||
9 | Springs, Colorado; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Predators team, which is affiliated with The | ||||||
11 | Gym of Springfield, were undefeated during the three-day | ||||||
12 | tournament, beating teams from Colorado, Oklahoma, and | ||||||
13 | Montana, before defeating the Minnesota Starz 52-42 in a | ||||||
14 | come-from-behind effort for the Gold Medal; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Predator players are Lauren Lanzotti, Kelsey | ||||||
16 | Easton, Mackenzie McDermott, Alison Kuhn, Corinne Brent, | ||||||
17 | Danielle Hoekzema, Jamie Blue, and Andrea Lietz; the head coach | ||||||
18 | is Dale Kuhn, and assistant coaches are Jeff Blue and Caroline | ||||||
19 | Harless; and
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20 | WHEREAS, More than 500,000 athletes competed nationwide to | ||||||
21 | qualify for the 2007 State Games of America, which are held |
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1 | every other year; the Predator team qualified to represent the | ||||||
2 | State of Illinois by winning the Gold Medal at the 2006 Prairie | ||||||
3 | State Games; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Medal winners from State Games nationwide | ||||||
5 | advanced to compete against other winners in 29 different | ||||||
6 | sports at this year's games; this year's event included more | ||||||
7 | than 10,500 athletes from 47 states; opening ceremonies were | ||||||
8 | held in the Colorado Springs World Arena and featured Olympic | ||||||
9 | Medalist and World Champion figure skater, Michelle Kwan, who | ||||||
10 | delivered the event's keynote speech and lit the torch at the | ||||||
11 | Games' opening ceremonies; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
13 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
14 | congratulate the Springfield-based Illinois Predators | ||||||
15 | seventh-grade girls' basketball team on their gold medal | ||||||
16 | victory at the State Games of America; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the Predators basketball team and their coaches as | ||||||
19 | a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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