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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Auburn Knights
4 of Auburn High School in Rockford on the occasion of winning
5 the IHSA Class AA Scholastic Bowl Championship; and
 
6     WHEREAS, During the IHSA Class AA Scholastic Bowl
7 Championship in Peoria, the Auburn Knights complied a record of
8 4-0, beating Homewood-Flossmoor, Sandburg High School, and
9 Wheaton-Warrenville North in the preliminary round; in the
10 final round, the Auburn Knights defeated Adlai Stevenson High
11 School 234-197 to take the IHSA Class AA Scholastic Bowl title;
12 the team finished the season with an astounding 89-9 record;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, The Auburn Knights' victory makes the first time
15 that a member of the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10) has
16 won a Scholastic Bowl title; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The co-captains of the Auburn Knights Scholastic
18 team are John Brown and Sivakumar Sundarm; the team's coach is
19 Linda Greene and the school's principal is Richard Jancek;
20 therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2 congratulate the Auburn Knights of Auburn High School in
3 Rockford on the occasion of winning the IHSA Class AA
4 Scholastic Bowl Championship and wish them continued success
5 and happiness in the future; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Auburn Knights Scholastic team coach Linda Greene
8 as a symbol of our esteem and respect.