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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 Mater Dei High School |
| 4 | | girls basketball team, the Lady Knights, on winning the 2023 |
| 5 | | Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 2A Girls |
| 6 | | Basketball Championship; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights defeated the Byron Tigers at |
| 8 | | Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University on |
| 9 | | March 4, 2023, with a final score of 62-46; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights' win over Byron earned the team |
| 11 | | its first state basketball championship in Mater Dei history; |
| 12 | | and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights finished the season with a 27-7 |
| 14 | | record, placing them at 26th all-time in IHSA history with 830 |
| 15 | | program wins; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lady Knights sophomore Alyssa Koerkenmeier |
| 17 | | achieved one of two triple-doubles in state tournament history |
| 18 | | and finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 blocks, with |
| 19 | | her 10 blocks setting a state tournament single-game record; |
| 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights' ethos of sportsmanship was on |
| 2 | | display during the championship game when senior forward |
| 3 | | Madison Eversgerd offered words of encouragement and a |
| 4 | | friendly hug to a discouraged competitor; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights recovered from a 17-7 season |
| 6 | | start, including losses in four of five games in late January |
| 7 | | and early February, to win every game thereafter, leading to a |
| 8 | | state championship and a 27-win season; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights basketball team is led by Head |
| 10 | | Coach Craig Zurliene and Assistant Coaches Terri Souder and |
| 11 | | Bridget Winter; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Lady Knights basketball team includes |
| 13 | | seniors, Madison Eversgerd, Alexis Kampwerth, Julia Korte, |
| 14 | | Carissa Litteken, and Cora Meyer; juniors, Ryann Becker, Emma |
| 15 | | Eversgerd, Sam Muscarello, Avery Trame, and Madison Winkeler; |
| 16 | | sophomores, Alyssa Koerkenmeier and Maris Zurliene; and |
| 17 | | freshmen, Amelia Beer, Lily Butler, and Addison Ringwald; |
| 18 | | therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 20 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we congratulate the Mater Dei High School girls basketball |
| 22 | | team, the Lady Knights, on winning the 2023 Illinois High |