Coal City Courant

The two best teams in the Interstate Eight will square off on Friday

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:23pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    With only one loss through eight games, the Coal City football team will play their toughest team yet this Friday.
    The Lisle Lions haven’t lost a game, winning the Interstate Eight (Small) conference. With the Coalers having an identical 4-0 run in the I-8 Large, it will be a clash of titans when the Lions come to town.
    Lisle, who punished the Sandwich Indians 41-8, improve to 8-0.

JV Miners advance to the Super Bowl

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:21pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    One Miner team is moving on to the SuperBowl.
    The Lightweight Miners scored first against Wilmigton Saturday in a game played at Manteno. Miner Noah Grant got Coal City on the board with a three-yard plunge into the end zone.
    But Wilmington answered with two touchdown runs to win it 12-6 to end their season at 4-5.
    The JV Miners came out on top of Wilmington in a barn burner of a football game, 23-20, to head to the Super Bowl undefeated at 9-0.

Comets, Coalers duke it out

Published by admin on Sat, 10/13/2018 - 12:50pm

 

Comets, Coalers duke it out

Published by admin on Sat, 10/13/2018 - 11:49am

 

Comets, with nothing to lose, can’t be trusted

Published by admin on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 4:00pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Coalers in the football playoffs was a sure thing before shutting out Manteno on Friday. So now Coal City can’t let its guard down as they’re playing for the best seed they can get.

Lady Coalers get tested by Manteno

Published by admin on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 3:54pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Coal City volleyball girls could just not get it done against the Manteno girls, taking a varsity only loss.
    The varsity Lady Coalers remained third in conference play (15-9, 6-2) after a tough loss to the conference front-runners, Manteno (23-4, 7-0) as they could not keep up with the scoring of the Lady Panthers. They lost both sets, 25-16, 25-16.
    Blaire Harseim led Coal City with four kills. Outside hitters Megan Norris, Lauren Phillips and Keaira Williams added two kills, apiece.

Regional pairings are out

Published by admin on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 3:47pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The regular season is nearing its end and the playoff picturing is coming into fruition with the volleyball sub-sectionals starting this coming week for Wilmington, Reed-Custer and Coal City volleyball teams.
    The Lady Comets (6-16-1, 1-6 conference) will have a new mindset when they enter the Class 2A Seneca Regional  Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Too little, too late for Comets as Wilmington rolls, Another Coaler shutout

Published by admin on Sat, 10/06/2018 - 11:14am

Wilmington' varsity football team scored 38 unanswered points over the first three quarters before Reed-Custer got on the board in a 38-13 routing of the Comets Friday night.

The loss eliminates the Comets' hopes of reaching the playoffs while the Wildcats improve to 4-3 overall and  still have a chance.

 

Lady Coalers inch closer to top of I-8

Published by admin on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 4:32pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Coal City volleyball team is closer to the top of the conference, taking two of three over Westmont to improve to 15-8 on the season.
    The varsity Lady Coalers got the second victory of the night as scoring and defense was there all night long, getting the 25-19, 25-11 victory.

Coalers can’t overlook a scrappy Manteno team

Published by admin on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 4:30pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Coal City football team can’t let its guard down now that they one victory away from winning the I-8 Large Conference title and have earned a spot in the Class 4A playoffs.
    They are coming off their third shutout of the season Friday at Sandwich, but their next opponent would like nothing better than to spoil things for the Coalers.