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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate the 2022-2023 7th-and-8th grade girls basketball | ||||||
| 4 | team of Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School for winning | ||||||
| 5 | the Chicago Public School district-wide championship, CPS | ||||||
| 6 | Score!; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein of the girls Bell Blaze team | ||||||
| 8 | remains committed to girls athletics and has instilled the | ||||||
| 9 | values of hard work and sportsmanship in his players; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Assistant Coach Jessica Ransom, Jermaine Marks, | ||||||
| 11 | Katie Bermingham, John Martin, Juan Gonzales, and Nicole | ||||||
| 12 | Tsamoulos have also been crucial to the success of the Bell | ||||||
| 13 | Blaze team; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Coach Mark Klein began the girls basketball | ||||||
| 15 | program in 1993 and has been head coach ever since; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, This marks Coach Mark Klein's third consecutive | ||||||
| 17 | championship win and the team's 76th consecutive district game | ||||||
| 18 | win; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The members of the Bell Blaze team are Tilly | ||||||
| 20 | Paulson, Zohra Atmani, Eliana Snopek, Vega Ransom-Marks, Ava | ||||||
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| 1 | Martin, Mila Maksimovic, Mary Hickman, Alana Kroot, Nicole | ||||||
| 2 | Toledo, Zinnia Meyer, Sofia Gonzalez, Lyla Hamilton, Madeline | ||||||
| 3 | Snyder, Allison Reynolds, and Callie Possinger; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Teamwork and game plans that allow every player | ||||||
| 5 | to contribute were crucial to the team's success; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The team played exemplary defense, understanding | ||||||
| 7 | that cooperation in these situations would allow for | ||||||
| 8 | fast-breaks and opportunities to take chances; therefore, be | ||||||
| 9 | it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we congratulate Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School on the | ||||||
| 13 | district-wide championships of their 7th-and-8th grade girls | ||||||
| 14 | basketball team; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School to | ||||||
| 17 | highlight the impactful role of sportsmanship and athleticism | ||||||
| 18 | on young people.
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