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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Brother Rice
4High School varsity rugby team on winning the State
5championship on May 27, 2013; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Brother Rice Crusaders claimed their ninth
7State championship in rugby and the second consecutive one in a
8thrilling 25-24 victory over Neuqua Valley at the Lemont Blaze
9Rugby Complex; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Nine days before they repeated as State champions,
11the Brother Rice Crusaders captured a national championship
12with a 25-17 victory over Greenwich, Connecticut; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Brother Rice Crusaders are William Arundel,
14Kyler Ayres, Jack Bauschelt, Tim Barry, Pat Beglin, Tom
15Berzins, Sean Bowen, Kevin Bresnahan, Brendan Brown, Matt
16Brown, Andrew Canedo, Joe Carroll, Matt Caulfield, Marty
17Cimaglia, Kris Coleman, Jake Cranston, Ryan Daly, Matt Delaney,
18Tyler Doidge, Aidan Elliott, Keenan Elliott, Ryan Flynn, James
19Gannon, Brendan Howard, Sean Kennedy, Joe Leitelt, Sean Martin,
20Marc McClory, Tim McGinnis, Derek McMahon, Bob Milsap, DeShawn
21Moore, Luke Mueller, Anthony Murphy, Brian Navarro, Mac
22Oldfield, Josue Olivares, Nolan Parker, Andrew Perez, Michael

 

 

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1Pufunt, Brandon Romero, Cullen Russell, Steve Shilney, Nick
2Simon, Michael Slattery, Steve Spengel, Nate Swanberg,
3Dominick Tagler, Brad Thompson, Temo Velazquez, Marty Waddell,
4and Danny Wojnowski; the head coach is David Fee and the
5assistant coaches are Sean Sullivan, Jared Camer, and Martin
6Berry; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Future success for the Brother Rice Crusaders
8varsity rugby team appears on the horizon as the junior varsity
9team won its 2013 State championship game as well and have yet
10to lose a game in their short two-year history; therefore, be
11it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14we congratulate the Brother Rice Crusaders on winning the 2013
15State championship in rugby and also capturing a 2013 National
16Championship; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to the Brother Rice Crusaders as an expression of our
19esteem and respect.