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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE CLEAR RIDGE BASEBALL TEAM’S SENIOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2016, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team became the first team from Illinois to win the Senior League World Series in the 55 year history of the event; and
WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team’s roster all live on the South Side of Chicago in the Garfield Park and Clearing neighborhoods and have played baseball together for over a decade; and
WHEREAS, the 16 players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team’s roster all attend Catholic high schools on the South Side of Chicago, including St. Laurence, St. Rita, De La Salle, Marist and Nazareth; and
WHEREAS, throughout the last decade the players on the Clear Ridge Baseball Team have developed leadership skills, learned the value of teamwork and self-discipline, and enjoyed the unique recreational spirit offered to participants and spectators alike in the great American pastime of baseball; and
WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team won the right to represent the U.S. Central Region in the Senior League World Series; and
WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team defeated teams from Virginia, Spain and Puerto Rico en route to the Championship Game of the Senior League World Series; and
WHEREAS, the Clear Ridge Baseball Team defeated Australia by a score of 7-2 in a hard fought championship game played in Bangor, Maine that was nationally televised; and
WHEREAS, the players and coaches of the Clear Ridge Baseball Team have consistently and diligently worked toward the goal of winning the Senior League World Series and in the process they have brought great joy to their community and the City of Chicago; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, that the Board does hereby extend its congratulations to the players and coaches of the Clear Ridge Baseball Team for winning the Senior League World Series, and offers its best wishes for continued success for the players and coaches, and be it
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a ceremonial copy of same be presented to the Clear Ridge Baseball Team, as a token of appreciation from a grateful community.
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