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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, In an exciting double overtime finish, the
3 Lincoln-Way East Griffins defeated the Maine South High School
4 Hawks by a score of 30 to 24 to win the IHSA Class 8A State
5 Championship football game on Saturday, November 26, 2005; and
 
6     WHEREAS, This is the first Class 8A championship game to be
7 played in overtime; and
 
8     WHEREAS, To reach the championship game, the Griffins
9 defeated Thornton, Lincoln-Way Central, Brother Rice, and
10 Wheaton Warrenville South in the IHSA playoffs; the team
11 finished the season with a record of 14 wins and no losses; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Lincoln-Way East Griffins are the first
13 football program in Illinois history to win a State
14 championship within five years of playing their first game; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Lincoln-Way East is the first high school football
16 team to have played in the State playoffs in each of its five
17 seasons; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The head coach of the Griffins is Rob Zvonar; his
19 assistant coaches are Joel Pallissard, Jack Eddy, Mike Franta,
20 Ron Tomczak, Steve Tomczak, Ryan Gabey, Dave Woodburn, Lance
21 Lokanc, Brian Newcomb, Dave Murray, Josh Kreske, Eric
22 Doornkaat, Louis Lee, Mitch Nowicki, Jeff Maurer, Scott Reid,
23 John Piazza, Steve Bauer, Kyle Jakubek, and Jeff Winefka;
24 student coaches are Ben VanPelt and Mike Czarnowski; Philip
25 Duckworth is the team's ballboy; and
 
26     WHEREAS, The trainers for the Griffins are Cody Cowman,
27 Matt Zalewski, Dr. Aaron Wolfe, Dr. Mike Corcoran, and Dr. Brad
28 Katzman; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The members of the Griffins are Marvin Cosby, Pat
2 Geary (captain), Anthony Kropp (captain), Andy Gerritsen,
3 Austin Zenere, Paul Bria, Andrew Ramus, Mike Charles, Blake
4 Hammond, Matt Walenga, Kyle Geary, Dan Cebula, Dan Fiorenza,
5 Kyle Grossheider, Marty Pokorney, Gersi Hoxha, John Griffin, Al
6 Mau (captain), Gian Angelo, Brendan Mulheran, Ben Petrassi,
7 Andy Mau, Cory Swaim, Matt Paez, Noel Borg, Kyle Oskielunas,
8 Isioma Ebiringah, Gus Olofsson, Tom Lilja, Michael Boettcher,
9 Jeff Grunwald, Sean Lynch, Chris Lozynski, Kyle Bewley, Ryan
10 Weber, Jon Olofsson, Max Moore, Kevin Wittl, Landon Wallace,
11 Tom Lynch, Joe Turek, Dan Pirkle, Steve Elkow, Steve Nwokocha,
12 Dan Pammer, Ryan Ruiz, John Koszulinski, Shaun Grady, Jake
13 Popovich, Nick Slager, Sean Smith, Josh Reid, Josh Soliday,
14 Steve Sims, Kyle Harke, Nick Tadros, Phil Wing, Will
15 Villasenor, Andrew Tagli, Wade Novak, Kyle Liston, Blake Lucas,
16 Dave Denardo, Kyle Houlahan, Tom Raines, Keenan Clifford
17 (captain), Dan Giordano, Jerry McInerney, Adam Gettis, Sam
18 Pranckus, Joe Mau, Hank Johnston (captain), Erick Starke, Steve
19 Tepper, Phil Dixon, Tim Brooks, Cory Dybas, Corey Smith, Dave
20 Liston, Jake Bewley, Terry Kuzel, Casey Luther, Colin Luczynski
21 (captain), D.J. Pirkle, Alex White, Mike Wheatley, and Bill
22 Clemens; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we congratulate the Lincoln-Way East Griffins football team on
26 winning the Class 8A IHSA State Championship; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
28 each of the members of the 2005 Lincoln-Way East Griffins
29 football organization as an expression of our esteem.