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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, In the first-ever all-Southland baseball state
3 championship, the Porters of Lockport High School defeated the
4 Mount Carmel Caravan 8-4 on June 11, 2005, in Geneva, giving
5 the Porters their first state baseball championship; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Porters decisively defeated Barrington 15-1,
7 winning the opportunity to battle Mount Carmel for the
8 championship; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The Porters were led offensively by left fielder
10 Eric Sternberg who was 6 for 8 for the day with a record-tying
11 10 runs batted in; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Porters were perhaps the best offensive team
13 in the Southland this year, never scoring fewer than two runs
14 in a game all year; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Among the leading offensive players were Nick
16 Mitidiero, Jake Christensen, and Matt Otteman, the 2005 Daily
17 Southtown player of the year; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The Porters were led by Coach Jim Hall in his
19 fifteenth season at the helm, and by assistant coaches Butch
20 Markelz, Lee Turnbough, Steve Stanicek, Andy Satunas, Dave
21 Jeglinski, Ken Dobson, Matt Bartley, Kendall Hutchinson, Dan
22 Blaskovitz, and Frank Popek; and
 
23     WHEREAS, The Porters are managed by Adam Marzec; the team
24 includes the talents and contributions of players Billy
25 Barrett, Bryan Blaskovitz, Dan Brady, Jake Christensen, Tony
26 Correa, Jon Darin, Mike Fagan, Kevin Goddard, Eric Izzo, Chris
27 King, Bobby Kolon, Ed Krupa, Frank Kucera, Steven Kunce, Zack
28 Lammers, Mike McCarthy, Nick Mitidiero, Matt Otteman, John
29 Pearson, Matt Shilney, Jason Soukup, Eric Sternberg, and Trevor

 

 

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1 Willis; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate the 2005 Class AA Boys State Baseball Champion
5 Lockport Porters on their momentous accomplishments this
6 season; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8 distributed to the coaches and members of the Lockport boys
9 baseball team with our highest regard.