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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 Okawville High School |
| 4 | | girls basketball team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the 2023 |
| 5 | | Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls |
| 6 | | Basketball Championship; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets defeated the Christopher Lady |
| 8 | | Bearcats at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State |
| 9 | | University on March 4, 2023 with a commanding final score of 56 |
| 10 | | to 35; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets win over Christopher earned them |
| 12 | | their third girls state basketball championship, having |
| 13 | | previously hoisted the trophy in 1994 and 2000; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets finished the season with a |
| 15 | | record of 34 and 4, having handed losses to the 2A state |
| 16 | | champion Mater Dei Lady Knights and the 3A champion O'Fallon |
| 17 | | Panthers; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets are led by Head Coach Haylee |
| 19 | | Bowers and Assistant Coaches Mike Frederking and Paige Kasten; |
| 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Rockets basketball team includes seniors |
| 2 | | Elizabeth Frederking, Megan Rennegarbe, Briley Rhodes, and |
| 3 | | Paige Reichmann, juniors Mallory Bening, Adysen Harre, Alayna |
| 4 | | Kraus, Raelyn Obermeier, Maggie Sawicki, Madisyn Wienstroer, |
| 5 | | and Nora Wood, sophomores Jenna Hackstadt and Camryn Wiedwilt, |
| 6 | | and freshmen Kate Borrenpohl, Lillian Helbig, Carly Schmidt, |
| 7 | | Rylan Senior, and Caroline Tepe; therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 9 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 10 | | we congratulate the Okawville High School girls basketball |
| 11 | | team, the Lady Rockets, on winning the 2023 Illinois High |
| 12 | | School Association (IHSA) Class 1A Girls Basketball |
| 13 | | Championship, and we wish the team many more successful |
| 14 | | seasons; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to Head Coach Haylee Bowers as an expression of our |
| 17 | | esteem and respect.
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