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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 Morton High | ||||||
| 4 | School Lady Potters on their remarkable 2018-2019 season, | ||||||
| 5 | finishing with a record of 33 wins and three losses and the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 3A Girls | ||||||
| 7 | Basketball State Championship; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters had a successful season with | ||||||
| 9 | several impressive highlights, including an undefeated 14-0 | ||||||
| 10 | Mid-Illini Conference Championship; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters extended their impressive | ||||||
| 12 | league-winning streak to 47 consecutive wins in Mid-Illini | ||||||
| 13 | play; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters were the IHSA Morton Regional | ||||||
| 15 | Champions, the IHSA IVC Chillicothe Sectional Champions, and | ||||||
| 16 | the IHSA Coal City Super Sectional Champions; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters won the IHSA 3A State | ||||||
| 18 | Championship, finishing this campaign with two noteworthy wins | ||||||
| 19 | in the Final Four, including a semi-final win over Nazareth | ||||||
| 20 | Academy with a score of 65-51 and a win against Glenbard South | ||||||
| 21 | in the Class 3A State Championship game with a score of 35-21; | ||||||
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| 1 | and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters have now won their fourth State | ||||||
| 3 | Title in the past five seasons; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters head coach is Bob Becker, who has | ||||||
| 5 | held the position for 20 years and has a 479-149 record; the | ||||||
| 6 | assistant coaches are Megan Hasler, Bill Davis, and Brooke | ||||||
| 7 | Bisping; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters team seniors are Tenley Dowell, | ||||||
| 9 | Bridget Wood, Megan Gold, Addi Cox, Kathryn Reiman, and Claire | ||||||
| 10 | Kraft; the juniors are Maddy Becker, Lindsey Dullard, Courtney | ||||||
| 11 | Jones, Peyton Dearing, MaKenna Baughman, and Olivia Remmert; | ||||||
| 12 | the team also includes sophomore Raquel Frakes and freshman | ||||||
| 13 | Katie Krupa; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Lady Potters serve as models of hard work, | ||||||
| 15 | perseverance, and strong moral character for the people of the | ||||||
| 16 | State; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we congratulate the Morton High School Lady Potters on their | ||||||
| 20 | successful 2018-2019 season and on winning the Illinois High | ||||||
| 21 | School Association Class 3A Girls Basketball State | ||||||
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| 1 | championship, and we wish them many more successful seasons; | ||||||
| 2 | and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the Lady Potters as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 5 | and respect.
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