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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish
3 to congratulate the Meissner Junior High Scholastic Bowl team
4 of Bunker Hill on winning their IESA Sectional and on placing
5 second in the IESA State Scholastic Bowl Championship; and
6 WHEREAS, The team from Bunker Hill competed against four
7 teams in the Sectional and finished with three wins and no
8 losses; the win at Sectionals gave the team the first
9 opportunity to compete at the State Tournament in school
10 history; and
11 WHEREAS, At the State Tournament, the team competed
12 against three other teams and had a record of three wins and
13 no losses, which placed the team in the championship game;
14 the team placed second after the final game giving the school
15 the best finish ever for a Junior High Scholastic Bowl Team
16 in school and county history; and
17 WHEREAS, The coach of the team is David Wolf; the members
18 of the team are Katie Dauksch, Jessie Booten, Luke Nelson,
19 Gerred Strange, Cody Neal, John Martin, Elizabeth Chapman,
20 Lisa Gines, Ian Wolf, Jessica Mills, Lisa Brayton, Julie
21 Nelson, Heather Rhodes, and Courtney Angle; and
22 WHEREAS, Three team members surpassed the single season
23 record of 114 tossup questions answered correctly in one
24 season, previously held by Valerie Schaaf; this year, Luke
25 Nelson correctly answered 160 tossup questions, Ian Wolf
26 correctly answered 145, and Jessie Booten correctly answered
27 131; Luke Nelson is also the career leader with 363 correctly
28 answered tossup questions and Jessie Booten is now second
29 with 208; therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
31 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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1 we congratulate the members and coach of the Meissner Junior
2 High School Scholastic Bowl team on winning the IESA
3 Sectional Tournament and placing second in the IESA State
4 Scholastic Bowl Tournament; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to each of the members and the coach of the
7 Meissner Junior High School Scholastic Bowl team as an
8 expression of our respect and esteem and with our best wishes
9 for success in the future.