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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Rochester High School | ||||||
| 4 | football team, the Rockets, on winning the 2017 Illinois High | ||||||
| 5 | School Association Class 4A State Championship; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Rockets defeated Morris High School on | ||||||
| 7 | November 24, 2017 in an epic 24 to 21 victory, claiming their | ||||||
| 8 | second consecutive Class 4A title and their seventh in the last | ||||||
| 9 | eight years; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Rockets quarterback Nic Baker led his team to | ||||||
| 11 | victory, completing 15
of 28 passing attempts for two | ||||||
| 12 | touchdowns and rushing for 81 yards throughout the game; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Rockets made a key fourth down conversion in | ||||||
| 14 | the fourth quarter on
their own 39-yard line; they used this | ||||||
| 15 | late fourth quarter momentum to push forward,
giving sophomore | ||||||
| 16 | kicker Clay Alewelt the opportunity to seal the game with a | ||||||
| 17 | 24-yard field goal
attempt, striking it perfectly into the | ||||||
| 18 | uprights as time expired; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, The Rockets overcame a challenge from the | ||||||
| 20 | undefeated
Highland Bulldogs in the semifinal game, allowing | ||||||
| 21 | for a 31 to 14 Rocket victory that
sent them to the | ||||||
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| 1 | championship game; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, All season long, the Rockets dazzled fans across | ||||||
| 3 | the state, completing an undefeated season with 14 wins and | ||||||
| 4 | zero losses; through hard work, dedication, and
team work they | ||||||
| 5 | were able to keep pushing through each game all season long; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Rockets Head Coach, Derek Leonard, led an | ||||||
| 8 | excellent group
of talented football players to victory; | ||||||
| 9 | assisted by Derrick Nelson, Steve Buecker, JC
Clarke, Tyson | ||||||
| 10 | Corley, Jim Smith, Brett Tackett, Jim Rychel, Rick McMahon, and | ||||||
| 11 | Tyler Mazzini, he gave the Rochester High School students an | ||||||
| 12 | immense and fulfilling season; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Rockets are Riley Lewis, Zach Lee, David | ||||||
| 14 | Allen, Chase
Brown, Chase Hickey, Cade Eddington, Nic Baker, | ||||||
| 15 | Clayton Cornett, Brock Mackiney, Skylor
Caruso, Stephan | ||||||
| 16 | McCree, Clay Bruno, Ben Chapman, Henry Patterson, Jordan Raps, | ||||||
| 17 | Jacob
Gunter, Zach Reichen, Brandon Morris, Justin Owens, Nick | ||||||
| 18 | Davis, Cory Gannar, Elijah Sadler,
Talon Williams, Zach | ||||||
| 19 | Gleeson, Ben Grimes, David Yoggerst, Jordan Smith, Jack Perry, | ||||||
| 20 | Jack
Friedewald, Nick Capriotti, Sid Cox, PJ Jerszynski, Dalton | ||||||
| 21 | Klatt, Carter Sommer, Isaac Drum,
Hunter Butcher, Sean Brewer, | ||||||
| 22 | Clayton Blanshan, Josh Scranton, Lochlan Sullivan, Mitchell
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| 23 | Morris, Adam Western, Cole Maddox, Camden Ramsey, Connor | ||||||
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| 1 | Sweeney, Shawn Dulin, Michael Harper, Colton Rowden, Ben | ||||||
| 2 | Berberet, Will Ryan, Clay Johnson, Quinton Boxman,
Nathan | ||||||
| 3 | Jackson, Alex Baylor, Mason Lutzow, Matt Tungett, Jared | ||||||
| 4 | Lagemann, Jarrett Reed,
Jayden Reed, Dalton Weakly, Jack Bruso, | ||||||
| 5 | Logan Peters, Mike McNicholas, Ethan Vose, Clay
Alewelt, Cole | ||||||
| 6 | Allen, Jonathon McKenzie, Chris Koerwitz, Adam Krech, Jacob | ||||||
| 7 | DuRocher, and
Jordan Smith; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 10 | congratulate the Rochester High School football team, the | ||||||
| 11 | Rockets, on winning the 2017 Illinois High School Association | ||||||
| 12 | Class 4A State Championship; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to each member of the
Rockets, the coaching staff, | ||||||
| 15 | and school administrators.
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