HR0185 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois wish to congratulate the Breese Central Lady Cougars on winning the Illinois High School Association Class A State Basketball Championship; and

WHEREAS, The Lady Cougars achieved a 47 to 41 comeback win over Rochester in the championship game on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Redbird Arena on the Illinois State University campus; and

WHEREAS, The Lady Cougars received an outstanding performance by Lauren Budde, the unofficial MVP, who erupted for 17 points in the second-half, and received clutch shots from the magnificent seven, consisting of Ms. Budde, Katelin Wiegmann, Cassandra Deiters, Britni Holtmann, KC Root, Jessica Hemann, and Leann Voss; and

WHEREAS, The experience and chemistry the Lady Cougars displayed during their championship run was helped along by returning everyone from the 2005-06 season; and

WHEREAS, The 2006-07 Lady Cougars championship team consists of Leann Voss, Tiffany Hilmes, Lauren Budde, Britni Holtmann, Katelin Wiegmann, Cassandra Deiters, Katie Scheer, Christy Rolfingsmeyer, Katie Robben, Jessica Hemann, KC Root, Kelsey Netemeyer, and Courtney Strieker; and

WHEREAS, The Lady Cougars are led by head coach Nathan Rueter and assistant coaches Kelly Hasherder and Angie Witte; the athletic trainer is John Attaway and Amanda Jackson serves as manager; the school's athletic director is Al Warnecke, the principal is Kent Jones, and the district superintendent is Kevin Meyer; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Breese Central Lady Cougars on becoming the IHSA Class A State Basketball Champions; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the school, the players, coaches, trainer and manager of the Breese Central Lady Cougars.