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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Pleasant Plains High
4School girls basketball team for winning the 2020 Class 2A
5State Championship on February 29; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Competing against a two-time defending state
7champion, the Cardinals represented the Sangamo Conference at
8Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University, where
9they handed the Commandos of Chicago Marshall a loss by a score
10of 43-37; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Pleasant Plains Cardinals finished the season
12with a record of 28 wins and 3 losses; en route to the
13championship, Pleasant Plains won six tournament games against
14Waverly, Auburn, Breese Central, Breese-Mater Dei, Quincy
15Notre Dame, and Port Byron-Riverdale by holding each opponent
16to 40 points or less; and
 
17    WHEREAS, A defensive powerhouse, Pleasant Plains only
18trailed for little over a minute at the start of the game when
19Marshall opened with a three point lead; the Cardinals
20responded with a six point run and never looked back; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Though the leading seniors of this state champion

 

 

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1Cardinals team previously won an IESA Championship four years
2ago, the Pleasant Plains girls basketball team won the first
3state championship in program history, beating the two-time
4defending state champion Commandos of Chicago Marshall; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Head Coach TJ Fraase, the
6Pleasant Plains High School girls basketball roster included
7Ali Fraase, Heidi Hergenrother, Caroline Jachino, Anna
8Kanllakan, Macy Kanllakan, Emily Long, Teagan Morley, Addy
9Skeeters, Asya Smith, Macy Ward, and Sammy Willis; therefore,
10be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate the Pleasant Plains High School girls
14basketball team for winning the 2020 IHSA Class 2A State
15Championship and wish the program future success; and be it
16further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18presented to Head Coach TJ Fraase and Pleasant Plains High
19School Principal Luke Brooks.