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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, The Schaumburg High School Boys Varsity
6 Basketball Team, the Saxons, won the 2001 IHSA State Class AA
7 Basketball Championship on March 17, 2001; and
8 WHEREAS, The Saxons met the challenge by first defeating
9 the West Aurora Blackhawks in the quarterfinal game by the
10 score of 64 to 51; they then went on to defeat the Lions of
11 Lyons Township in the semifinal game by the score of 58 to
12 57; finally, they faced the top-ranked Thornbirds from
13 Thornwood High School in the championship game; in the end
14 the Thornbirds were defeated by the score of 66 to 54 before
15 a crowd of 11,216 in the Peoria Civic Center's Carver Arena;
16 and
17 WHEREAS, The Saxon victory marked the first time since
18 1983 that an unranked team has won the State title, and the
19 first time since 1963 that one has done so by beating the
20 State's top-ranked team; and
21 WHEREAS, The Saxon team consists of Mark Pancratz, James
22 Han, Garrett Bruni, Tony Young, Kevin Pearson, Zach Pancratz,
23 Roger Hendrickson, Greg Dorgan, Scott Zoellick, Brandon
24 Reichel, Craig Reichel, Tim Foecking, David Gibson, Ryan
25 Walter, and Tom Burke; their coach is Bob Williams; the team
26 ended the season with 29 wins and 3 losses; and
27 WHEREAS, We recognize that this victory is also shared by
28 families, friends, the Schaumburg community, and the entire
29 body of Schaumburg High School who have supported the team
30 all season and are happy to welcome home the first IHSA State
31 Class AA Boys Basketball Championship team in the school's
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1 history; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate the Saxons, the Schaumburg High School Boys
5 Varsity Basketball Team, on winning the 2001 IHSA State Class
6 AA Basketball Championship; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the principal of Schaumburg High School, Dr.
9 Sharon Cross, the coach of the Saxons, Bob Williams, and to
10 each member of the Schaumburg High School 2001 IHSA State
11 Class AA Boys Basketball Championship team as an expression
12 of our esteem.