Record #: R2018-352   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 4/18/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 4/18/2018
Title: Congratulations extended to Sauganash Elementary School 7th and 8th grade girls basketball team on winning Chicago Public Schools Score Citywide Championship
Sponsors: Laurino, Margaret
Attachments: 1. R2018-352.pdf
CONGRATULATIONS TO SAUGANASH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7™ AND 8™ GRADE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE CPS SCORE CITYWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

WHEREAS, Sauganash Elementary School 7th and 8th grade girls' basketball team lived up to its name-The Chiefs- as it ruled supreme over the competition at the 2018 CPS SCORE Citywide Championships; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this remarkable achievement by the Honorable Margaret Laurino, Alderman of the 39th Ward; and

WHEREAS, The ladies finished 8-0 in their Mather High School Conference before winning the Northwest Regional at Roberto Clemente High School; and

WHEREAS, On Saturday, March 17th the City Final Four took place at Quest MultiSport Center in Chicago. Sauganash Lady Chiefs defeated Beasley School in the Final Four 23-22, before taking down Marquette School in the Championship Game, making a perfect cap for a perfect 13-0 season; and

WHEREAS, Sauganash is a neighborhood school with a Level 1+ rating where academic excellence and athletic excellence go together; and

WHEREAS, this marks Sauganash's forth City Championship in four years. Previously it was victorious in Flag Football in 2014 and Cheerleading in 2015 and 2016; and

WHEREAS, Sauganash is a neighborhood school with a Level 1+ rating where academic excellence and athletic excellence go together; and

WHEREAS, the Chiefs inspired themselves and their classmates to dream big and work hard; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Chiefs' championship team are Megen Sanaj, Maddie Mayer, Tessa Mitchell, Julia Heinrichs, Anastasia Maglaras, Natalia Camacho, Mila Munson, and McKenna Keating. They are led by Head Coach Mike Guzzarde and Athletic Director and Assistant Coach Dan Lopez; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this [DATE] do hereby express hearty congratulations to the entire Sauganash community on behalf of the people ofthe City of Chicago, and wish them well in al...

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