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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to commemorate the historic 1974-1975 Red
4Bud Musketeers women's volleyball team; and
 
5    WHEREAS, After the passage of Title IX in 1972, the
6Musketeers had only played one season when the girls from the
7school of 400 began their historic 37 and 1 season; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The Musketeer's athletic conference, the Cahokia
9Conference, voted to forbid any women's volleyball team in the
10conference from playing in the 1975 state tournament; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Musketeers, led by their intrepid 27-year-old
12coach, Sandy Griffin, and with the support of the local school
13board and school administration, defied the conference and
14entered the state tournament; and
 
15    WHEREAS, At the close of an undefeated 17 and 0 regular
16season, the Musketeers destroyed the regional championship
17field, completing the title match in a dizzying 12 minutes;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Musketeers relied heavily on the "Red Bud
20Six", Diann Schrader, Deb Stamm, Paula Snyder, Cindy Guebert,

 

 

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1Meg Gross, and Kim R. Liefer, during their ensuing state
2tournament run; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Musketeers went undefeated in the sectional
4championships and handily beat Granite City South in the
5super-sectionals; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Musketeers beat larger programs at schools
7such as Champaign Central and Lincoln, starting their state
8tournament bid at 24 and 0; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Although the team was finally eliminated by New
10Trier East, a Chicago school boasting a roster of Olympic
11hopefuls and a student body over 10 times larger than Red Bud,
12the impressive run against schools of all sizes from across
13the State sure "showed Charlie", a local sports reporter who
14at the beginning of the season mentioned those schools with
15Olympic hopefuls, writing "stop dreaming Red Bud"; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Musketeers never stopped dreaming and, more
17importantly, never stopped pursuing excellence on the court
18and, in doing so, cemented their claim to the title of best
19Southern Illinois team their sport has seen; and
 
20    WHEREAS, On the 25th of February, 2023, Red Bud will honor
21the 1974-1975 Musketeers; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we commemorate the 1974-1975 Red Bud Musketeers women's
4volleyball team, acknowledging their tenacity off the court to
5demand the right to compete at the highest level as well as
6their grit and determination to earn that right, and thank
7them for serving as an example of these admirable traits for
8nearly 50 years of women competitors; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10presented to Red Bud High School, Coach Sandy Griffin, Diann
11Schrader, Deb Stamm, Paula Snyder, Cindy Guebert, Meg Gross,
12and Kim R. Liefer as an expression of our respect and esteem
13for breaking ground in sports for all young women in Southern
14Illinois.