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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 Williamsville | ||||||
4 | Junior High School Softball Team on winning the 2013 Illinois | ||||||
5 | Elementary School Association Class AA State Championship; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Williamsville Junior High Softball Team | ||||||
7 | showed incredible composure and the ability to handle adversity | ||||||
8 | in their desire to achieve their goals by beating Riverton in | ||||||
9 | the Regional Championship and Dunlap in the Sectional | ||||||
10 | Championship; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Williamsville Junior High Softball Team | ||||||
12 | achieved a collective batting average of .466 for the season; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | WHEREAS, Leading pitchers Olivia Felts and Payton Long | ||||||
15 | threw 7 no-hitters and 4 perfect games to lead the attack on | ||||||
16 | their opponents during the season and to enable the team to | ||||||
17 | post a record of 29-1, while outscoring their opponents 349-41; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, The team was led by Coach Jones, Coach Ashbaugh, | ||||||
20 | and Coach Mead throughout the regular season conference | ||||||
21 | schedule, tournament play, and the championship game, where |
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1 | they won 6-4 over previously unbeaten Homer Glen Junior High | ||||||
2 | School, a school nearly 3 times larger than Williamsville | ||||||
3 | Junior High School; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The Williamsville Junior High School Softball | ||||||
5 | Team members are Skylar Dees, Danielle Dennis, Olivia Felts, | ||||||
6 | Andrea Fraser, Harleigh Gray, Leah Kluemke, Alex Leka, Payton | ||||||
7 | Long, Mackenzie McCormick, Ashleigh McDermott, Kaileigh Moser, | ||||||
8 | Kaylin Mumaw, Emma Newton, Laken Rockford, Maddie Sloman, Emma | ||||||
9 | Walbert, Molly Walter, and Rylie Yard; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we congratulate the Williamsville Junior High School Softball | ||||||
13 | Team on winning the 2013 Illinois Elementary School Association | ||||||
14 | Class AA State Championship and recognize them on their many | ||||||
15 | accomplishments during the season; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the Williamsville Junior High School Softball Team | ||||||
18 | as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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