Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0123 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The Chicago Christian school system was
5	5	3 established on October 22, 1900 in the southwest suburbs of
6	6	4 Chicago with preschool through 8th grade campuses in Oak Lawn
7	7	5 and Tinley Park and Chicago Christian High School in Palos
8	8	6 Heights; and
9	9	7 WHEREAS, On October 22, 2025, the Chicago Christian school
10	10	8 system will be celebrating its 125th anniversary; and
11	11	9 WHEREAS, The Chicago Christian school system is led by
12	12	10 Superintendent Mark Hamstra, Chicago Christian High School
13	13	11 Principal Michael Drury, Director of Athletics, Leadership and
14	14	12 Student Experience Michael Johnson, and Athletic Director Mark
15	15	13 Zylstra; and
16	16	14 WHEREAS, The 2024 Chicago Christian High School football
17	17	15 team is led by first-time Head Coach CJ Cesario, Offensive
18	18	16 Coordinator Michael Biasco, Defensive Coordinator Sam
19	19	17 Caldwell, and Assistant Coaches Joe Cabrera, Brendan Coughlan,
20	20	18 Bob DeCarlo, Curt Fiedler, and Jarrell Williams; and
21	21	19 WHEREAS, The Chicago Christian football team, the Knights,
22	22	20 also known as Team 57 and David's Mighty Men, is comprised of
23	23	21 35 players led by seniors Caden Boersma, Blake Denman,
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32	32	1 Christian Flutman, Demo Griggs, Niko Griggs, Jared Hall, Kenny
33	33	2 Jager, Brock Sperling, Chase Sytsma, Kerry Teague, Ed Van
34	34	3 Dellen, Caleb Vande Werken, and Jake Verstrate, juniors Jacob
35	35	4 Conners, Josh Crawford, Sean Fiedler, Tommy Gouwens, Joey
36	36	5 Loerop, Brendan O'Malley, Riley Samp, and Heath Sisk,
37	37	6 sophomores Tyce Hamstra, Henry Jager, Isaac Workman, and
38	38	7 Harrison Yonker, and freshman Ben Boersma, Jonathan Bonnell,
39	39	8 Levi Jager, Jake Kargol, Luke Kracinski, Spencer McCarthy,
40	40	9 Collin Swieszcz, Emmitt Van Dellen, Luke Verstrate, and
41	41	10 Nathaniel Walter; and
42	42	11 WHEREAS, The Chicago Christian Knights compete within the
43	43	12 Chicago Christian Conference and finished the regular season
44	44	13 with a record of 8-1 with the following Knights receiving All
45	45	14 Conference selections: Brock Sperling, Kenny Jager, Christian
46	46	15 Flutman, Niko Griggs, Chase Sytsma, Ed Van Dellen, Kerry
47	47	16 Teague, Jake Verstrate, and Caden Boersma and honorable
48	48	17 mention Caleb Vande Werken; and
49	49	18 WHEREAS, Quarterback and Defensive Back Christian Flutman,
50	50	19 senior and team captain, finished the 2024 season with, on
51	51	20 offense, 1,875 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, 610
52	52	21 rushing yards, and 11 rushing touchdowns and, on defense,
53	53	22 eight interceptions, six passing break-ups, and 35 tackles
54	54	23 with seven of those tackles for losses; he was named to the
55	55	24 all-area team and all-conference team and received an
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66	66	1 honorable mention for the all-state team; and
67	67	2 WHEREAS, Running Back and Line Backer Kenny Jager, senior,
68	68	3 finished the 2024 season 3rd in the State of Illinois for all
69	69	4 offensive rushing classifications with 2,025 rushing yards, an
70	70	5 average of 8.0 yards per rush, 28 rushing touchdowns, 30 total
71	71	6 touchdowns and, on defense, finishing with 40 tackles, seven
72	72	7 tackles for loss, and one forced fumble and fumble recovery;
73	73	8 he was named to the all-area, all-conference, and all-state
74	74	9 teams as well as named Conference Offensive Player of the
75	75	10 Year, rushing for over 200 yards in the state championship
76	76	11 game; and
77	77	12 WHEREAS, Offensive and Defensive lineman Brock Sperling,
78	78	13 senior and team captain, finished the 2024 season with 77
79	79	14 tackles, 37.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, four forced fumbles
80	80	15 and two fumble recoveries, and over 60 "pancakes" on both
81	81	16 sides of the ball and led an offensive line that generated over
82	82	17 2,000 rushing yards; he was named to the all-area team for
83	83	18 three straight years, all-conference team, and all-state team;
84	84	19 and
85	85	20 WHEREAS, The 2024 Chicago Christian Knights averaged 38
86	86	21 points per game during its playoff run, defeating its playoff
87	87	22 opponents by no less than ten points per game; and
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98	98	1 WHEREAS, On November 29, 2024, the 2024 Chicago Christian
99	99	2 Knights defeated the Maroa-Forsythe Trojans by a score of 47-0
100	100	3 to finish with a record of 13-1 and earn the title of 2024
101	101	4 Class 2A State Champions; and
102	102	5 WHEREAS, Highlights include Running Back Kenny Jager
103	103	6 running for 223 yards and a touchdown on 38 carries,
104	104	7 Quarterback Christian Flutman completing 12 of 16 passes for
105	105	8 132 yards, running for 86 yards and two touchdowns, and
106	106	9 passing for three touchdowns, one each to Niko Griggs, Jared
107	107	10 Hall, and Kerry Teague, another rushing touchdown by senior
108	108	11 Blake Denman, and Brock Sperling ending the game with a sack,
109	109	12 three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and a fumble
110	110	13 recovery; and
111	111	14 WHEREAS, The Knights defense held Maroa-Forsyth to a 2A
112	112	15 championship game record-low 23 yards, representing a new
113	113	16 State of Illinois record for the lowest total yards allowed in
114	114	17 Illinois state history in a championship game among all
115	115	18 football classes; and
116	116	19 WHEREAS, This championship victory is the first in the
117	117	20 history of Chicago Christian football and the first state
118	118	21 title in Chicago Christian High School history for any male
119	119	22 sport; therefore, be it
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130	130	1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
131	131	2 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
132	132	3 we congratulate the Chicago Christian school system on their
133	133	4 125th anniversary; and be it further
134	134	5 RESOLVED, That we recognize the achievements of the 2024
135	135	6 Chicago Christian High School football team, the Knights, on a
136	136	7 historic victory in becoming the Class 2A State Champions; and
137	137	8 be it further
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