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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
Lincoln-Way |
| 4 | | East High School football team, the Griffins, on winning the |
| 5 | | 2017 Illinois High School Association Class
8A State |
| 6 | | Championship; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins faced a grueling schedule throughout |
| 8 | | the season that
some considered the most challenging in the |
| 9 | | State; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins capped an undefeated season with a |
| 11 | | thrilling 23 to 14 comeback win against
Loyola Academy on |
| 12 | | November 25th; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Rob Zvonar led his team to a 14 and 0 |
| 14 | | record; it is the school's second football
title and the first |
| 15 | | one in 12 years; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the championship game, sophomore AJ Henning led |
| 17 | | the Griffins with 154 rushing yards and two
touchdowns to |
| 18 | | ensure their victory; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Quarterback Brendan Morrissey threw for 79 |
| 20 | | passing yards and one
touchdown; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins' defense played a vital role in the |
| 2 | | victory by holding Loyola Academy to only 39
rushing yards; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins were led by a senior class that |
| 4 | | included Kwaku Appiah, John
Bartusiewicz, Dugan Bolsoni, Riley |
| 5 | | Boyter, Bradley Brajkovich, Zach Broadhurst, Sam Broda,
Jake |
| 6 | | Buhe, Declan Carr, Max Cesario, John Christensen, Jack Cohrs, |
| 7 | | Calvin Covaciu, Koby
Culbreath, Blake DeButch, Brennan |
| 8 | | Flaherty, Brendan Gallagher, Cavon Gardner, Jared Gold,
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| 9 | | Antonio Gradi, Parker Graham, Jaden Hacha, Chris Harper, Brett |
| 10 | | Jennrich, Preston Jones, Mason
Keenan, Marc Kirby, Jake Mashin, |
| 11 | | Evan McDermed, Shea McGivern, Caden McMann, Lucas
Michaels, |
| 12 | | Jonathan Miller, Brendan Morrissey, Jared Mutter, Jon Novak, |
| 13 | | Devin O'Rourke, Joey
Paliga, Turner Pallissard, Shane |
| 14 | | Pedersen, Quentyn Petrowsky, Ben Ravetto, Tyler Salgado,
Ryan |
| 15 | | Scianna, Creighton Seibert, Desmond Shelton, Jake Tencza, |
| 16 | | Adrian Villasenor, Troy
White, Chris Wilder, Nick Zavis, and |
| 17 | | Jake Zawilinski; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins' roster also consisted of a number of |
| 19 | | juniors and sophomores, including
Jake Alberts, Chase |
| 20 | | Anderson, Trevor Baker, Jack Baltz, Collin Beneturski, Cameron |
| 21 | | Cartee,
Gus Christensen, Frank Ciatteo, Brian Ciciura, Matt |
| 22 | | Clark, John Cooke, Jordan Corbett, Tommy
Criscione, Dan Curran, |
| 23 | | Jeremiah Dawson, Nick Easton, Dane Eggert, Patrick Emch, Julian
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| 1 | | Flores, Robert Franklin, Branden Garcia, Blaine Gorman, Randy |
| 2 | | Johnson, Matt Judd, Ryan
Kazmierczak, Mike Manning, Nick |
| 3 | | Mihajlovich, Jack Moylan, Dylan Narel, Marty O'Brien,
Josh |
| 4 | | Ohiku, Kenny Palmer, Gage Palmer, Mark Pellegrini, Jackson |
| 5 | | Ritter, Matt Rogien, Brandon Romano, Jason Roney, Andrew Ronza, |
| 6 | | Danny Scianna, Alan Sedlack, Dylan Shelton, Trent
Siggins, |
| 7 | | Anthony Sottosanto, Darius Stewart, Mick Stewart, Jack |
| 8 | | Tomczak, Parker Tummolo,
Matt Varchetto, Nate Warning, Dan |
| 9 | | Winterrowd, Dominic Dzioban, Silas Haberkorn, Jaron
Hacha, |
| 10 | | A.J. Henning, Jacob Kramer, Sean McLaughlin, Wilber Milhouse, |
| 11 | | Alec Ogarek, Kyle
Quinn, Joshua Vargas, Devon Williams, P.J. |
| 12 | | Wilkes, and Adrian Wilson; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Rob Zvonar's staff included Joel |
| 14 | | Pallissard, Tom Grogan, Ed
LeFevour, Lance Lokanc, Matt Mrozek, |
| 15 | | Mike Sieja, Dale Augustine, Wilber Milhouse, Matt
Nelson, |
| 16 | | Michael Sazama, Jack Aleck, Jeremy Vestal, Blake Anders, Nick |
| 17 | | Gniedziejko, Kevin
Rockett, Sean Stewart, Ryne Van Gennep, Kyle |
| 18 | | Vestal, Jake Aleck, Jack Eddy, Greg Kowalski,
Ryan Martinsen, |
| 19 | | Jack Conry, Jeff Maurer, and Jason Jones; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Griffins serve as models of hard work, |
| 21 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of
the State; |
| 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 2 | | congratulate the Lincoln-Way East High School football team, |
| 3 | | the Griffins, on winning the 2017 Illinois High School |
| 4 | | Association Class 8A State Championship; and be it further
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, That we wish Coach Rob Zvonar and the Griffins |
| 6 | | many more successful seasons to
come; and be it further
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| 7 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 8 | | presented to the Lincoln-Way East Griffins
Head Coach Rob |
| 9 | | Zvonar and each member of the team and coaching staff as a |
| 10 | | symbol of our
esteem and respect.
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