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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
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| 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
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| 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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