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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to commemorate the historic 1974-1975 Red
4 Bud Musketeers women's volleyball team; and
5 WHEREAS, After the passage of Title IX in 1972, the
6 Musketeers had only played one season when the girls from the
7 school of 400 began their historic 37 and 1 season; and
8 WHEREAS, The Musketeer's athletic conference, the Cahokia
9 Conference, voted to forbid any women's volleyball team in the
10 conference from playing in the 1975 state tournament; and
11 WHEREAS, The Musketeers, led by their intrepid 27-year-old
12 coach, Sandy Griffin, and with the support of the local school
13 board and school administration, defied the conference and
14 entered the state tournament; and
15 WHEREAS, At the close of an undefeated 17 and 0 regular
16 season, the Musketeers destroyed the regional championship
17 field, completing the title match in a dizzying 12 minutes;
18 and
19 WHEREAS, The Musketeers relied heavily on the "Red Bud
20 Six", Diann Schrader, Deb Stamm, Paula Snyder, Cindy Guebert,
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1 Meg Gross, and Kim R. Liefer, during their ensuing state
2 tournament run; and
3 WHEREAS, The Musketeers went undefeated in the sectional
4 championships and handily beat Granite City South in the
5 super-sectionals; and
6 WHEREAS, The Musketeers beat larger programs at schools
7 such as Champaign Central and Lincoln, starting their state
8 tournament bid at 24 and 0; and
9 WHEREAS, Although the team was finally eliminated by New
10 Trier East, a Chicago school boasting a roster of Olympic
11 hopefuls and a student body over 10 times larger than Red Bud,
12 the impressive run against schools of all sizes from across
13 the State sure "showed Charlie", a local sports reporter who
14 at the beginning of the season mentioned those schools with
15 Olympic hopefuls, writing "stop dreaming Red Bud"; and
16 WHEREAS, The Musketeers never stopped dreaming and, more
17 importantly, never stopped pursuing excellence on the court
18 and, in doing so, cemented their claim to the title of best
19 Southern Illinois team their sport has seen; and
20 WHEREAS, On the 25th of February, 2023, Red Bud will honor
21 the 1974-1975 Musketeers; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we commemorate the 1974-1975 Red Bud Musketeers women's
4 volleyball team, acknowledging their tenacity off the court to
5 demand the right to compete at the highest level as well as
6 their grit and determination to earn that right, and thank
7 them for serving as an example of these admirable traits for
8 nearly 50 years of women competitors; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10 presented to Red Bud High School, Coach Sandy Griffin, Diann
11 Schrader, Deb Stamm, Paula Snyder, Cindy Guebert, Meg Gross,
12 and Kim R. Liefer as an expression of our respect and esteem
13 for breaking ground in sports for all young women in Southern
14 Illinois.
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