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Coalers host Friday, Wildcats to travel Saturday

Published by admin on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 10:00am

Coal City earned the #2 seed in the top bracket of the 4A football playoffs, drawing #15 Wheaton Academy of West Chicago in the first round.

The 8-1 Coalers will host Wheaton Academy, a 5-4 team who plays in the Metro Suburban (Blue) conference that includes four other teams who made the playoffs. 

The Warriors will come to Coal Cityon Friday at 7 p.m.. A first round victory would pair the Coalers against the winner of #7 Agricultural Science (7-2) vs. #10 Johnsburg (6-3) in the second round.

WILDCATS HIT THE ROAD

Coalers upset Lisle, Wildcats get their win, Comets done in by Indians

Published by admin on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 10:01am

The Coal City varsity football team never trailed Friday night when Lisle, who had yet to lose a game, came to town. The Coalers built a 24-14 lead by half-time before holding the Lions scoreless the final two quarters to improve to 8-1 overall and raise their seed in next week's playoffs.

Coal City quarterback Payton Hutchings  found Austin Pullara from 12 yards out with 5:03 left in the first quarter to go up 6-0. Coaler running back Daniel Jezik plunged into the end zone from one yard out to make it 12-0 Coalers 5:45 2q.

Comets want to go out with a win

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:33pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The varsity Comets are out of the football playoffs, they know that. They knew that when they lost to Wilmington a week ago. They might have lost to Coal City Friday, 14-0, but they fought hard the entire game against the I-8 Large conference champs, showing their best defensive effort yet.
    At 2-6 the Comets are out of it but they would love the chance end the season with on a high note by defeating their last opponent, Sandwich.

Lady Comet spikers look to regroup on eve of regionals

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:31pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Reed-Custer volleyball team was unable to get past the Sandwich Indians (13-12) Thursday night, falling in two games.
    The varsity Lady Comets (7-20-1 overall) were unable to get their offense going in the first game as the Lady Indians cruised to a double digit victory.
    In the second set, the Lady Comets kept it close but just could not finish them off, dropping both sets, 11-25, 23-25.
    Maggie Meyr led the offense with five kills, an ace and three digs, defensively.

Jr. Comets varsity on to Super Bowl

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:27pm

    The Varsity Jr. Comets are headed to the Super Bowl on Saturday in Plano.
    The Junior Comets cruised to a 45-0 victory over Sandwich (3-6) Saturday in the second round of playoffs at Manteno.
    Reed-Custer, the No. 1 seed, is 9-0 and will play Plano (8-1) on Saturday at 5 p.m.  in Plano.

Lady Coalers win three straight, prepare for regional

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:26pm

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Coal City hitters cruise by Clifton Central last night on their senior night to bring their season record to 18-9 and 8-2 in conference play, with three straight wins.
    Brooke Chapman led the way with 13 assists in 34 setting attempts. Senior, Rose Feeney got into the action with four assists of her own. Chapman alson had three digs and 12 service points. Feeney added two digs and two service points.
    Ali Brancato led the team with nine digs and added five service points.

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.

Bobcat teams advance to Super Bowl

Published by admin on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 3:20pm

Two Wilmington teams are among the final eight football teams that will play in the Illinois 8 Youth Football League’s SuperBowl at Plano on Saturday.
    The Superlight and Lightweight Bobcats won in the second round of the playoffs to advance.
    The Superlight Bobcat offense came out firing, shutting out Manteno (4-5), 26-0 to improve to 9-0 on the season.
    Hunter Kaitschuck led the way for the ‘Cats scoring two  touchdowns. Colton Schultz and Jackson Findley added touchdowns as they were running all over the Manteno defense.

Lady ‘Cats polish off regular season, prepare to host regional on Monday

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

by shawn long
staff writer
    The Lady ‘Cats traveled to Bourbonnais Saturday to polish off their game at the Bradley Volleyball Invite and finished strong during the 33rd Annual Moldenhaur/Boilmaker Classic.
    Claire Rink led Wilmington with 17 kills on the day. Chloe Sanford added nine kills and 10 aces. Taylor Sliwski, Becca Horton and Halle Haga each added six kills.
    Maysie Feil had six kills, six aces, four solo blocks and 15 digs.
    Carley Wilkerson set them all up with 81 assists. She also had 19 digs.