City Council Honors BHS Track Team For State Championship Win

BATAVIA, IL — After Batavia High School's boys' track and field team clinched the first state championship title in program history May 28, City Council honored the team at Monday night's meeting.

It wasn't the only time the city celebrated the team. On Sunday, Batavia residents and community members gathered at Pal Joey's to host an open house.

"It's not very often we get State Trophies so this is very special for our school and community," Athletic Director Dave Andrews said in a statement ahead of the event. "Spring sports lose out on a lot of celebrations because of the timing of the school year."

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Below is the city's proclamation celebrating the winning track team.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and members of the Batavia City Council wish to express our admiration and civic pride in the outstanding record of accomplishment attained by the 2022 Batavia Senior School Track and Field Team winning the Class 3A Illinois State Championship; and

WHEREAS, this event took place in Charleston, Illinois at Eastern Illinois University’s O'Brien Stadium on Saturday, May 28, 2022 and Batavia High School joins a very short list of Illinois high schools that have achieved state championship titles in Basketball, Football and Track and Field categories. This achievement illustrates the excellence that encompasses the athletic history of Batavia High School; and

WHEREAS, such a memorable record of achievement has been accomplished is a testimony to the intense physical fitness, strong commitment toward daily practices and the personal willingness of each Batavia High School athlete to be the very best team player they can be; and

WHEREAS, the community of Batavia fans holds high with pride our record of loud cheers and long drives to opponents playing fields to offer encouragement and support at each and every high profile sporting event involving Batavia High School; and

WHEREAS, much tribute and appreciation needs to be given to the coaching staff of the 2022 Bulldog Track and Field team who carefully watched over and guided the Track and Field team at every event and meet that they participated in on the high school fields of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the success and historical importance of the Class 3A Illinois State Championship by Batavia High school once more illustrates the strong traits of faithful commitment to athletic fellowship and goodwill that have truly become the historical record of Batavia High School from start to finish of each game or contest played in.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mayor and members of the Batavia City Council by the passage of this proclamation express our congratulations to the 2022 Batavia High School Track and Field Team Class 3A Illinois State Champions. We also recognize their memorable record is now part of the athletic legacy of Batavia High School.