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		HR0403		LRB104 13927 ECR 26825 r
1HOUSE RESOLUTION
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Lincoln-Way Community
4High School District 210 girls wrestling co-op team on winning
5the 2024-2025 Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials
6Association's (IWCOA) Girls Dual Team State Championship; and
7    WHEREAS, The Lincoln-Way girls wrestling co-op team, the
8district's first, operates through Lincoln-Way Central High
9School in New Lenox and is also open to female students
10attending Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox and
11Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort; and
12    WHEREAS, The inaugural Lincoln-Way girls wrestling co-op
13team won its first-ever IWCOA Girls Dual Team State
14Championship on December 28, 2024, defeating six teams in the
15quarterfinals, including Hoffman Estates High School in the
16semi-final and Schaumburg High School in the championship, and
17this event marked the first time the State has held a
18dual-format girls team state championship wrestling
19tournament; and
20    WHEREAS, The members of the Lincoln-Way girls wrestling
21co-op team achieved individual successes during the 2024-2025
22season, including Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
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1regional champion and third place State finisher Zoe Dempsey,
2IHSA regional champions and State qualifiers Sadie Sparks and
3Riley Cooney, State qualifier Ella Giertuga, and IHSA regional
4champions Emily Peyton and Bailey Mitchell; and
5    WHEREAS, The Lincoln-Way girls wrestling co-op team is led
6by Coach Josh Napier, who has worked as a special services
7teacher and coach for Lincoln-Way Central High School for the
8last six years; and
9    WHEREAS, Coach Napier has 13 years of coaching experience,
10including at Oak Forest High School and Hickory Creek Middle
11School, where he established the middle school's wrestling
12program and served as its first head coach; he has served as
13the head freshman wrestling coach at Lincoln-Way Central High
14School for the past six years, and he has been actively
15recruiting female students to join the girls wrestling
16program; and
17    WHEREAS, Coach Napier has taken the lead in working with
18the Lincoln-Way girls wrestling co-op team as an extension of
19the boys team over the years, guiding the girls team to three
20IHSA State Tournaments and, just at Lincoln-Way Central High
21School alone, increasing the number of girl wrestlers from two
22to 15 over the past four years; and
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1    WHEREAS, Girls wrestling is currently the fastest-growing
2high school sport in the country, with an estimated 50,000
3athletes competing across the nation; and
4    WHEREAS, The Lincoln-Way girls wrestling co-op team
5concluded its season with a perfect 19-0 record; therefore, be
6it
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
8HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate Coach Josh Napier and all members of the
10Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 girls wrestling
11co-op team on a successful 2024-2025 season and for winning
12the 2025 Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association
13(IWCOA) Girls Dual Team State Championship.