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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 members of the | ||||||
4 | Rochester Rockets varsity football team on the occasion of | ||||||
5 | winning the 2012 IHSA Class 4A State Football Tournament; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Rochester Rockets defeated Rock Island | ||||||
7 | Alleman 43-18 to claim victory at the IHSA Class 4A State | ||||||
8 | Football Tournament; the team ended the season with a | ||||||
9 | phenomenal 13-1 record; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The victory marks the third State title for the | ||||||
11 | Rochester Rockets, a rare distinction only achieved by 25 teams | ||||||
12 | in the entire State; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The members of the Rochester Rockets are Colton | ||||||
14 | Piper, Blake Pasley, CJ Baker, Tre Fry, Drew Hill, Jesse | ||||||
15 | Wooden, Marshall Call, Matt Swaine, Blake Thompson, Austin | ||||||
16 | Green, Jeremy Bivens, Nathaniel Johnson, Tyler Mazzini, Matt | ||||||
17 | Kelly, Jesse Heissinger,
Bret Sandvoss, Gabe Ferguson, Brent | ||||||
18 | Hebenstreit, Alex Tackett, Drake Berberet, Brandon Boggs, Luke | ||||||
19 | Bucher, Eli Wall-Lampkin, Garret Dooley, James Pearce, Kenny | ||||||
20 | Hedges, Johnny Jones, Dylan Handlin, Eric Yakle, Colin Rogers, | ||||||
21 | David Gunter, Reed Watson, Connor Drendel, Liam Biesiada, Evan | ||||||
22 | Grigsby, Joe Roach, Zach Denning, Josh McGowan, Bo Johnson, |
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1 | Adam Doedtman, Drake Leeper, Mitch Colman, Evan Chastain,
Matt | ||||||
2 | Donelan, Grant Fitzsimmons, Austin Staton, Hunter Brooks, Jake | ||||||
3 | King, Alec Biggs, Jasper Capriotti, Logan Larue, Josh Drendel, | ||||||
4 | Drew Szabados, Tyler Cotton, Brett Geever, Steven Russell, Zach | ||||||
5 | Wenger, Connor Brewer, Alec Holzmacher, Tyler Sommer, Joe | ||||||
6 | Romanotto, Reece Torricelli, Robert Seaton, Robbie Kelley, | ||||||
7 | Brendan Bunch, Talon Tapscott, Dallas Greer, Brock Buscher, | ||||||
8 | Seth Eddington, Nathaniel Fisher, Lucas Hendren, Evan McMinn, | ||||||
9 | Evan Sembell, Paul Donelan, Luke Gragert,
Britton Swaine,
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10 | Matthew Briggs,
Dylan Post,
Dan Zeigler,
Connor Preiss,
Tyler | ||||||
11 | Fitzgerald,
Nate Slot,
Colten Shadis,
Dallas Groth,
and Zach | ||||||
12 | Geller; the team's head coach is Derek Leonard and the | ||||||
13 | assistant coaches are Derrick Nelson, Troy Piper, Jim Smith, JC | ||||||
14 | Clarke, Steve Buecker, Tyson Corley, Joe Oller, Brad Leonard, | ||||||
15 | and David Maciejewski; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The members of the Rochester Rockets serve as | ||||||
17 | models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people | ||||||
18 | of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
21 | we congratulate the members of the Rochester Rockets varsity | ||||||
22 | football team on their victory and wish them continued success | ||||||
23 | and happiness in the future; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to Rochester Rockets head coach Derek Leonard as a | ||||||
3 | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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