AJR96: Joint Resolution Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 96

February 13, 2014 - Introduced by Representatives Marklein, Brooks, Knodl, Murphy, Murtha, Tranel and Williams. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AJR96,1,2 Relating to: commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1964 Dodgeville Dodgers high school boys basketball state championship.

AJR96,1,4 Whereas, the 1964 Dodgers competed with more than four hundred other schools across the state for a spot in the final championship; and

AJR96,1,7 Whereas, the team of young men from the small-town school of only four hundred students competed in a bracket against schools with as many as 1,800 students; and

AJR96,1,10 Whereas, the Dodgers, through a combination of hard work, dedication, and commitment, finished their season at 26-0 on March 21, 1964, with a win over Milwaukee North, 59-45; and

AJR96,1,13 Whereas, Dodgeville coach John "Weenie" Wilson built a team of small-town, dedicated kids, and coached them to unprecedented success and state and national prominence; and

AJR96,2,3 Whereas, after the Dodgers won the state championship, cars, trucks, and more than three thousand people lined the streets of small-town Dodgeville to welcome the team home; and

AJR96,2,6 Whereas, the 1964 Dodgers high school basketball team, composed of Pat Flynn, Bruce Harrison, Rick Brown, Bob Rock, and Corky Evans, will always have a special place in the history of Dodgeville and our state; now, therefore, be it

AJR96,2,9 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin legislature commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Dodgeville Dodgers high school basketball championship; and, be it further

AJR96,2,11 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide copies of this resolution to Dodgeville High School.

AJR96,2,12 (End)