| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the South Bend |
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| 6 | 6 | | Saint Joseph High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 3A state |
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| 8 | 8 | | championship. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ROGERS, DORIOT, |
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| 10 | 10 | | NIEZGODSKI, MISHLER |
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| 11 | 11 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2025 RC 1543/DI BE Introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 14 | 14 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 15 | 15 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2 South Bend Saint Joseph High School boys basketball team on |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3 winning the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4 (IHSAA) Class 3A state championship. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 5 Whereas, On March 29, 2025, the Saint Joseph boys |
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| 21 | 21 | | 6 basketball team completed their season at Gainbridge |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7 Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, by winning their first state |
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| 23 | 23 | | 8 title in program history; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 9 Whereas, With a record of 26-3, the Saint Joseph Huskies |
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| 25 | 25 | | 10 advanced to the state championship game against Indianapolis |
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| 26 | 26 | | 11 Crispus Attucks High School after defeating Maconaquah at the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 12 semi-state semifinals 115-81 and East Chicago Central at the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 13 semi-state championships 84-72; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 14 Whereas, After concluding the 2024 season with a final |
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| 30 | 30 | | 15 score of 57-67 in the state championship game, the Huskies, led |
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| 31 | 31 | | 16 by Coach Eric Gaff, returned to the state championship game |
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| 32 | 32 | | 17 for the fourth time in school history with the hope of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 18 redemption; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 19 Whereas, After struggling from the field, the Huskies took |
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| 35 | 35 | | 20 control with a 7-0 run with 3:44 remaining in the second |
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| 36 | 36 | | 21 quarter to lead the Crispus Attucks Tigers 24-18; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 22 Whereas, In a hotly-contested final with both teams tying |
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| 38 | 38 | | 23 eight times with four lead changes, including a 9-0 run by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2025 RC 1543/DI BE 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 Tigers in the final quarter to tie the game at 50-50, Husky |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2 senior Chase Konieczny initiated the Huskies' final 6-2 run with |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3 a tip-dunk with 53 seconds left and free-throws by senior |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4 Brashaun Woods and junior Nick Shrewsberry sealed the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 5 victory; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6 Whereas, Shrewsberry and sophomore Elijah King finished |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7 the game with sixteen points each, Konieczny scored ten points |
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| 47 | 47 | | 8 and eleven rebounds, junior Ethan Roseman made six points, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9 seven rebounds, and five assists, and Woods added eight points, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 10 a steal, an assist, a blocked shot, and a rebound to win the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11 championship; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 12 Whereas, Immediately following the game, Brashaun |
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| 52 | 52 | | 13 Woods was named the winner of the coveted Arthur L. Trester |
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| 53 | 53 | | 14 Mental Attitude Award for Class 3A; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 15 Whereas, With a final score of 56-52, the South Bend Saint |
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| 55 | 55 | | 16 Joseph Huskies, through grit and resilience, won the first state |
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| 56 | 56 | | 17 championship in program history: Therefore, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 18 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 58 | 58 | | 19 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 59 | 59 | | 20 concurring: |
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| 60 | 60 | | 21 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 61 | 61 | | 22 congratulates the South Bend Saint Joseph High School boys |
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| 62 | 62 | | 23 basketball team on winning the 2025 IHSAA 3A state |
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| 63 | 63 | | 24 championship. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 25 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 65 | 65 | | 26 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Head Coach Eric Gaff, |
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| 66 | 66 | | 27 Assistant Coaches Harold Swanagan, Landon Booker, Luke |
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| 67 | 67 | | 28 Fisher, and Lee Ross, Jr., and each member of the South Bend |
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| 68 | 68 | | 29 Saint Joseph High School boys basketball team. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 2025 RC 1543/DI BE |
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