SJ0053 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish to congratulate the Wendell Phillips High School varsity boys basketball team, the Wildcats, on winning the 2023-2024 Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Championship; and

WHEREAS, The Wildcats finished with a record of 25 wins and 9 losses as they defeated the Benton Rangers in the championship game 54 to 47; and

WHEREAS, The members of the 2023-2024 Wildcats are Michael White Jr., Amari Edwards, Lawrence Horton, Elijah Harris, Jeremiah Benjamin, DeAndre Addison, Ian Williams, Derrick Brooks, Camarie Richmond, Johnathan Duncan, Phoenix Childs, and Claude Mpouma; and

WHEREAS, The Wildcats are coached by Paris Martin, assisted by Michael Wallace and Khonja Scott, and overseen by Athletic Director James Daniel IV, Principal Rashad Talley, and Chicago Public Schools Executive Director of Sports David Rosengard; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the Wendell Phillips High School varsity boys basketball team, the Wildcats, on winning the 2023-2024 Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Championship; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to Head Coach Paris Martin, Athletic Director James Daniel IV, and Principal Rashad Talley as an expression of our esteem and respect.