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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Flora Pups
4 Baseball Team from Floyd Henson Junior High School in Flora on
5 the occasion of winning the Southern Illinois Junior High
6 School Athletic Association's Class L Championship on October
7 4, 2007; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Flora Pups' 1-0 victory over Benton marked the
9 team's first Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic
10 Association's Class L Championship win; in 2006, the Pups
11 placed 3rd in the state tournament; the team ended the season
12 with a 24-1 record overall; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Flora Pups pitcher Paul Knapp had 16 strike outs
14 and allowed only 4 hits during this well-played game; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The players on the Flora Pups baseball team are
16 Dillon Orel, Paul Knapp, Trenton Freeman, Dexter Burgess, Nick
17 Painter, Reagan Erbacher, Landon Eade, Preston Price, Cory
18 Moore, Kyle Nicholson, Justin Beckham, Christian Taylor, Alec
19 Schade, Clayton Walden, Blake Fitch, and Brenden Thomas; the
20 head coach is John Winters and the assistant coach is Todd
21 Countryman; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate the Flora Pups Baseball Team from Floyd Henson
4 Junior High School in Flora for winning the Southern Illinois
5 Junior High School Athletic Association's Class L Championship
6 and wish the team members continued success and happiness in
7 the future; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Flora Pups head coach John Winters as a symbol of
10 our esteem and respect.