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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Washington Community |
| 4 | | High School wrestling team, the Panthers, on winning the 2023 |
| 5 | | Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Championship; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Panthers claimed their most recent wrestling |
| 8 | | title by edging Joliet Catholic 28 to 27 at Grossinger Motors |
| 9 | | Arena in Bloomington; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, This is the fifth championship for the Panthers, |
| 11 | | along with their titles in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019; only |
| 12 | | four other wrestling programs in Illinois history have more; |
| 13 | | and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Panthers are led by Head Coach Nick Miller; |
| 15 | | and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Many Panthers won individual state medals; Wyatt |
| 17 | | Medlin earned 3rd Place at 126 lbs.; Peyton Cox earned 2nd |
| 18 | | Place at 132 lbs.; Kannon Webster earned 1st Place at 145 lbs. |
| 19 | | and is a three-time state champion; Zane Hulet earned 4th |
| 20 | | Place at 160 lbs.; Blake Hinrichsen earned 2nd Place at 170 |
| 21 | | lbs.;
Josh Hoffer earned 6th Place at 195 lbs.; and
Justin |
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| 1 | | Hoffer earned 1st Place at 220 lbs.; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Panthers state championship |
| 3 | | team are Symon Woods,
Noah Woods,
Logan Makiney,
Wyatt Medlin,
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| 4 | | Eli Gonzalez,
Johnathon Rokey,
Peyton Cox,
Timmy Smith,
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| 5 | | Jackson Sonderman,
Kannon Webster,
Cruise Brolley,
Alec |
| 6 | | Mihelic,
Cael Miller,
Tyler Brown,
Braden Baker,
Zane Hulet,
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| 7 | | Blake Hinrichsen,
Wyatt Leman,
Jack Godinez,
Josh Hoffer,
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| 8 | | Justin Hoffer, and
Sean Thornton; therefore, be it
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| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 10 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 11 | | we congratulate the Washington Community High School wrestling |
| 12 | | team, the Panthers, on winning the 2023 Illinois High School |
| 13 | | Association Class 2A State Championship, and we wish them many |
| 14 | | more successful years; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to the members and coaches of the Panthers state |
| 17 | | championship team.
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