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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone
4 achievements in high school sports in the State of Illinois;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, The Centralia High School Boys Varsity
7 Basketball Team, the Orphans, captured third place honors at
8 the 2002 IHSA State Class AA Boys Basketball Tournament held
9 at Carver Arena in Peoria on March 16, 2002; and
10 WHEREAS, The Orphans met the challenge by first defeating
11 the Maroons of Moline High School in the quarterfinal game;
12 they then went on to the semifinal game against the Lanphier
13 Lions; after an impressive rally in the final minutes, the
14 Orphans lost the game by the final score of 56 to 52; the
15 Orphans' spirit rebounded in the Third Place Championship
16 with a victory over the New Trier Trevians by the score of 75
17 to 64; and
18 WHEREAS, In winning the third-place trophy, the Orphans
19 became the first South Seven Conference team to earn a trophy
20 since 1994; it was also Centralia High School's second
21 third-place trophy in the school's history, with the other
22 coming under coach Arthur Trout in 1941; and
23 WHEREAS, The Orphan team consists of Lance Marcum, Jason
24 Palmer, Brian Dinkelman, Caleb Edson, Anthony Jones, Andrew
25 Walton, Blake Freels, Jamal Palmer, Jordan Queen, Terence
26 Bradley, Matt Shaw, Neil Crosby, Tommy Bryan, Brandon
27 Westbrook, and Jon Smith; the Athletic Director/Head Coach
28 is Rick Moss; and the assistant coaches are Chuck Lane, Roger
29 Shaw, Roger Stieg, and Brent Stewart; and
30 WHEREAS, In addition to the State Tournament, the Orphans
31 also claimed victories at the Quincy Thanksgiving Tournament,
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1 the O'Fallon Sectional Complex, and the Carbondale (SIU)
2 Super-Sectional; and they participated in the Tournament of
3 Champions in Springfield, Missouri, and the Centralia Holiday
4 Tournament; and
5 WHEREAS, The team was welcomed home by their family,
6 friends, and fans at a rally on March 17, 2002 at Centralia
7 High School in honor of their amazing third-place finish in
8 the State Tournament; and
9 WHEREAS, Centralia Basketball has come a long way in the
10 past 96 years; Centralia High School Basketball started in
11 1906 and was played in the basement of "B" Building, which
12 had a twelve foot high ceiling and supporting posts on the
13 playing floor; in 1922, play was moved to a new gym which had
14 seating only on the west side; in 1936, the current gym,
15 named after legendary coach A.L. Trout, was dedicated; A.L.
16 Trout served as coach from 1914 until 1950 and holds the
17 Illinois High School Boys Basketball coaching record of 809
18 wins at one school; and
19 WHEREAS, The nickname of the "Orphans" came from a
20 comment made by a Chicago sports writer in 1937 at the
21 Pontiac Holiday Tournament after the team came out for
22 warm-ups in bedraggled suits and warm-up jackets with no
23 buttons; Coach Trout liked the saying and tagged the club
24 Orphans, a tradition that continues to this day; and
25 WHEREAS, Centralia High School is listed ninth overall on
26 the top 25 all-time winning boys basketball teams from the
27 NBA, college, and high school with only eight NBA teams
28 having more wins; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-
30 SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
31 congratulate the Centralia High School Boys Varsity
32 Basketball Team on capturing third place honors at the 2002
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1 IHSA State Class AA Boys Basketball Tournament; and be it
2 further
3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the Superintendent of Centralia High School,
5 Edgar Coller, Principal, Virgil Moore, Head Coach/Athletic
6 Director, Rick Moss, the assistant coaches, Chuck Lane, Roger
7 Shaw, Roger Stieg, and Brent Stewart, and to each member of
8 the Orphans team as an expression of our esteem.