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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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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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