Sports

Coaler kickers spend more time on defense

Published by admin on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 6:22pm

Coal City was defeated by Lisle on Tuesday by the score of 1-4 and Beecher Wednesday 1-7.

In the Lisle game, Dane Noffsinger scored the lone goal for the Coalers. Carter Nicholson had a nice game with 13 saves.

In the Beecher game, Beecher controlled most of the game and played really well. Carter Nicholson was very busy in the goal with 17 saves on the night.

Timi Shabani got his first goal of the season. Coal City has some young talent that is learning to play a fast, physical game.

They have had a tough beginning of the season with an 0-5-1 record.

CC golfers impressive against Reed-Custer

Published by admin on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 6:21pm

Starters for the Coal City golf team looked calm and collected when they took the #1 tee at High Point Golf Course in Essex on Thursday.

Their opponents, Reed-Custer, with only eight on the team this year, paired off with one golfer per two for Coal City.

The win for Coal City ended up being by 56 strokes as the Coalers won is 163 to 219.

Coaler Ryland Megyeri made it look easy as he drilled his opening shot down the middle of the fairway enroute to a medalist round 36. The next best score was by Coaler Jack Varnak with a 41.

Strong second quarter leads Coalers past Streator

Published by admin on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 6:20pm

Momentum can change on a dime and once it gets rolling, it's hard to stop.

In a span of six minutes in the second quarter, the Coal City football team (2-1) forced three turnovers and scored 27 points as they rolled to a 55-6 win over Streator in the conference opener Friday in Coal City.

"Offensively, defensively, and on special teams we stepped up and really put the game away early," said head coach Francis Loughran.

Little Giants no match for Coalers

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 5:06pm

It was a battle of teams trying to get their season on track after combining to score just nine points in a pair of lopsided defeats.

The Coal City football team found their footing in dominant fashion Friday, with a 41-0 shutout, while Canton left looking for directions.

"Obviously week one we struggled to get anything going and this week coach Jim Looper did a nice job of trying to fix some things in the run game because we know we have to rely on it," said head coach Francis Loughran.

Lady Coalers stay unbeaten in ICE

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 5:03pm

The Varsity Lady Coalers beat Peotone on Thursday, 25-16 and 25-15, to improve their record to 6-2 overall, 2-0 in the ICE conference.

Kayla Henline has 12 setting assists, 3 digs, 1 kill, and 1 block. Aubrey Mellen had 10 setting assists, 3 digs, 1 service ace, and 1 kill. Kenzi Henline had 7 kills and 2 digs.

Paige Walker had 6 kills and 3 digs. Emma Rodriguez had 5 kills, 7 digs, 1 service ace, and 1 block. Addison Hodgen 3 kills and 1 block. Jadyn Shaw had 8 digs. Corinna Barkley had 4 digs.

Freshmen Coalers get back on track

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 5:01pm

The Coal City Freshmen football team responded to last week's loss by handling the Little Giants from Canton by a 41-6 slaying.

Leading the way defensively was Mr. Do it All Theo Fritz's 10 tackles with two of those for a loss. AJ. McGarvey and Ty Phillips both recorded 7 stops each.

CCMS 8th graders edge G-SW

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 5:00pm

The Coal City eighth grade softball team defeated Gardner-South Wilmington in a 9-8 nail-biter on Thursday.

The score remained 1-1 through the second and third innings. In the top of the fourth, Gardner scored one run but Coal City was able to take back the lead when they put three more runs on the board, making the score 4-2 at the bottom of the fourth.

Gardner dug deep in the fifth inning scoring another three runs taking a 5-4 lead only for Coal City to tie it up with one run in the bottom of the fifth.

GSWB gets a big win to finish week

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 4:46pm

Joliet St. Paul 3 @ GSWB 7
GSWB had their hands full finishing off the week with powerhouse, Joliet St. Paul who has won seven IESA state titles since 2006, and finished runners-up three times. St. Paul struck early in the 1st behind 4 walks from Caden Christensen while not recording a hit to lead 2-0.

G-SW girls celebrate with 8th grade night win

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 4:45pm

On Thursday the Gardner-South Wilmington girls 8th grade softball team lost to Coal City 8-9, but deserve some recognition.
They played hard and fought until the very end with trying to score and come back.
The girls had a total of 7 stolen bases.
Brynn Christensen had an RBI double in the top of the 7th. Jaci Wilkey also had an RBI in the top of the 7th to score the 8th run and make it a 1-run game. Defensively, Brynn Christensen had 6 strikeouts. Autumn Manzello made a great double play to get the Lions out of a tough inning.

GSWB runners get up to speed

Published by admin on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 4:44pm

The GSWB Cross Country Team headed to Minooka for their second meet of the season. Athletes competed against much larger schools and did an awesome job!
Mikayla Vermaat competed in the JV 1 mile race and ran her best time of 7:41. She was able to place in the top 25. Mikayla continues to improve and get stronger each meet.