[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E298]
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             RECOGNIZING THE OKAWVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 13, 2018

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the 2018 Class 1A 
Illinois basketball champions the Okawville boys' basketball team.
  Okawville won the title game 59-48 thanks to a record breaking 
barrage of three-point shots, with Okawville making eight out of their 
14 attempts. Behind the shooting of junior guard Wyatt Krohne, who 
scored 18 points to lead the team, Okawville seized its first ever 
state basketball title. With the game deadlocked at halftime, Okawville 
broke it open with a 19-point third quarter blitz that decided the 
outcome. Just as impressive as the team's third quarter offensive 
output was its stingy defense, which yielded a scant six points during 
the deciding stanza.
  I would like to congratulate the entire Okawville boys' basketball 
team on their victory: Payten Harre, Lucas Frederking, Caleb 
Frederking, Will Aubel, Jordan Green, Wyatt Krohne, Luke Hensler, 
Carter Killion, Drew Riechmann, Tyler Parsley, Tyler Roesener, Payton 
Riechmann, Lane Schilling, Tom Segelhorst, and Jackson Heckert, as well 
as Head Coach Jon Kraus, on a superb end to a great season.
  Mr. Speaker, today it is an honor for me to acknowledge the hard work 
and dedication of the Okawville boys' basketball team in winning the 
2018 boys' basketball championship, and I wish the team, and their 
coach, all the best in the future.

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