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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 Batavia High School | ||||||
4 | boys football team, the Bulldogs, on winning the 2017 Class 7A | ||||||
5 | Boys Football State Championship; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Bulldogs lived all season by their motto, "One | ||||||
7 | more
week"; they captured their second state title in four | ||||||
8 | years on November 25, 2017 at Huskie Stadium at Northern | ||||||
9 | Illinois University in DeKalb; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The chemistry, trust, and fraternal bond between | ||||||
11 | the Bulldogs helped them remain levelheaded
throughout the most | ||||||
12 | important game of their lives against the Lake Zurich Bears; | ||||||
13 | and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, The Bulldogs led the game 14 to zero over Lake | ||||||
15 | Zurich until the end of the third quarter with 3.51 remaining | ||||||
16 | when
Lake Zurich evened the score, sending the game into | ||||||
17 | overtime at the end of regulation play; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, The Bulldogs celebrated a 21 to 14 victory with | ||||||
19 | the winning touchdown coming on quarterback Riley Cooper's 10 | ||||||
20 | yard pass to wide receiver
Tommy Stuttle in a thrilling | ||||||
21 | overtime game; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The Bulldogs, this band of brothers, ended their | ||||||
2 | 14 week season with an overall record of 13 wins and one loss; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Contributing to the players' talents were the | ||||||
5 | Batavia High School's coaching staff's abilities; leading the
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6 | team throughout a great regular season and playoff run were | ||||||
7 | Coach Dennis Piron, who has headed the team since 2010, and who | ||||||
8 | is a 1983 Batavia High School graduate, along with his coaching | ||||||
9 | staff of Matt Holm, Billy Colamatteo, Sean Anderson, Dan | ||||||
10 | Cadena, P.J. White, Alvin Cole, Steve Bailey, Adam Lester, | ||||||
11 | Shane Holl, Adam Kolowski, Mike Theriault, and Kyle Plate; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Bulldogs are Peyton Anselme, Alex Balentine, | ||||||
13 | John Bannos, Charlie Bardol, Josiah
Bassett, Bradley | ||||||
14 | Baumgartner, Mike Bautch, Gavin Beiber, Derek Bex, Joe Burger, | ||||||
15 | Jack Carlson, Tylor
Collazo, Nicholas Conger, Matthew Conlon, | ||||||
16 | Riley Cooper, Anthony Crews, Julian Davis, Connor Davis,
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17 | Zachary Davis, Jacob Dunivan, Nolan Eike, Jeremiah Evers, Nico | ||||||
18 | Fell, Isaiah Fields, Aaron Fink,
William Fitch, Carter Gette, | ||||||
19 | Anthony Glisson, John Golden, Wilson Gosselin, Elijah Green, | ||||||
20 | Jack Haefer,
Andrew Heinz, Jacob Hinzy, Evan Hitzeman, Evan | ||||||
21 | Holden, Michael Jansey, Connor Keiken, Michael
Lanterman, | ||||||
22 | Tommy Larson, Harrison Liao, Liam Lo, Rocco Loffredi, Decorea | ||||||
23 | McAlister, Maxwell
McFadden, Michael McFarland, Jack Meyers, |
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1 | Brennan Miller, Christopher Monroe, Nico Monteleone,
Xander | ||||||
2 | Montiel, Ethan Neibch, McKinley Neville, Michael Niemiec, | ||||||
3 | Joseph Oroni, Ryan Parrington, Eric
Peterson, Reggie Phillips, | ||||||
4 | Anthony Piper, Jacob Randall, Collin Richter, Josef Ruzicka, | ||||||
5 | Joey Sartain,
Chandler Shoaf, Ryan Stark, Andrew Stasell, | ||||||
6 | Matthew Stasell, Danny Stewart, Benjamin Stoffels, Tom
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7 | Stuttle, Art Taylor, Ethan Towers, Jack Tryzna, Quin Urwiler, | ||||||
8 | Zack Weber, Luke Weerts, Jacob Weston,
Taylor Winslow, and | ||||||
9 | William Zuza; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate the Batavia High School boys football team, the | ||||||
13 | Bulldogs, on winning the 2017 Class 7A Boys Football State | ||||||
14 | Championship, and we recognize all Bulldogs for their | ||||||
15 | achievements both past and present; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the Bulldogs as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
18 | esteem.
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