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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mitchell Tapscott on his 
4recent chess achievements; and
  
 
  
5    WHEREAS, At the 2019 Illinois Elementary School 
6Association  State Chess Tournament,  Mitchell Tapscott was 
7undefeated
with seven wins; his last game saw him face Jack 
8Ewing from Normal Parkside, a school with 12 times the 
9enrollment of Mitchell's school; Mitchell won in a hard fought 
1058-move game and finished the year with a record of
18 wins and 
110 losses; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Prior to this year's state tournament,  Mitchell 
13Tapscott won 1st place at the Morton Tournament, the
Brimfield 
14Tournament, and the Franklin Tournament, where  he defeated last

15years' 7th grade State champion on the way to his victory; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Mitchell Tapscott is from Jacksonville; his 
17parents are Matthew and Heather Tapscott and he has three older 
18sisters, Brooke
Hipkins, Morgan Coop, and Sydney Tapscott; he 
19started to play chess in 2nd grade; he also plays
basketball, 
20is a member of the scholastic bowl team, and enjoys watching 
21movies, playing board games with
his family, and playing his 
22Xbox with friends; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Mitchell Tapscott's team also has a history of 
2success; the Franklin Middle School 7th grade chess team 
3finished in the top three at  this year's state tournament, a 
4feat the team has accomplished for three years in a row; 
5therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
7HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
8we congratulate Mitchell Tapscott on his recent chess 
9achievements, and we wish him many more successful years; and 
10be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this  resolution be 
12presented to Mitchell Tapscott as a symbol of our respect and 
13esteem.