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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in high
4 school sports in the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Benet Academy's varsity soccer team, the
6 Redwings, recently won the IHSA Class A Boys Soccer
7 championship game held at Southern Illinois University at
8 Edwardsville; and
9 WHEREAS, The Redwings met the challenge by first
10 defeating Springfield's Sacred Heart-Griffin in the
11 semifinals; in the final game the Redwings faced their East
12 Suburban Catholic Conference rival, the St. Viator Lions; in
13 the end, the Lions were defeated by the final score of 3-1,
14 and the Redwings won the school's first State championship;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, The Benet Academy team consists of Matt Galica,
17 Will Connolly, Tim Huml, Pat Blakemore, Luke Dreyer, Tim
18 Wirtz, Rich Janulis, Ryan Rivera, Ben Aguilar, Eric Zmrhal,
19 Gavin Kubes, Luke Rojo, Jon Janulis, Nick Aguilar, Mark
20 Peluse, Rick Elliott, Chris Murphy, Kevin Schaefer, Jay
21 Pepitone, Andrew Dennis, Nate Hartmann, Greg Gonda, Drew
22 Connolly, Pat Baldwin, Matt Raczkowski, Anthony Soldato,
23 Brian Johnson and Rob Janicki; the team finished its
24 undefeated season at 22 wins, no losses, and 4 draws; and
25 WHEREAS, In the end, Benet Academy won the State
26 championship, capping an undefeated season; immediately after
27 the medal ceremony, Benet coaches Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar,
28 Bob Gros, and Jim Brown, the Reverend Jude Randall, O.S.B.,
29 school President, Ernest Stark, school principal, Gary
30 Golforth, school Athletic Director, presented medals to six
31 team members who were unable to participate in the playoffs
32 due to IHSA roster limitations; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we congratulate Benet Academy for winning its historic first
4 IHSA Class A Boys Soccer championship; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Father Jude, Mr. Stark, Mr. Golforth and to the
7 coaches of the Benet Redwings, Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar, Bob
8 Gros, Jim Brown, and to all 28 members of the Benet Varsity
9 Soccer Team.