Sports

Cold-shooting Comets fall to Streator

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 6:01pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Reed-Custer boys basketball took too long to warm up on Friday, falling to an athletic Streator team, 56-33.
The Comets fell behind early, allowing 32 first half points to the Bulldogs.
Reed-Custer 2-4 (0-1) was mustered 16 points as they trailed the Bulldogs at the half, 32-16.
They tried to claw their way back into this one but the Bulldogs outscored them, 14-7 to go up 46-23 with one quarter left to go.

Lady Coalers cold shooting results in three game slide

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 6:01pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coal City girls basketball team was held to single digits in all four quarters by Reed-Custer Monday night, suffering a 45-25 loss.
Reed-Custer held a slim, 10-7 lead but in the second quarter and beyond is when the Comets opened it up.

Coaler matmen gaining steam, win eight straight

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:59pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coalers (9-1) have made it eight straight victories after losing to Joliet Central in the first match of the season.
The Coal City wrestling team blasted Plano, Mendota and Moosehart during their dual team match at Plano High School on Wednesday.
They shutout Plano 80-0 as the Reapers didn’t stand a chance with Coal City’s full lineup. The Coalers tallied 18 points from three forfeits, added nine pins, a Lane Kutemeier decision and a Mike McVay major decision.

Hot-handed Coalers out-gun the Blue Devils

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:58pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coal City boys basketball team blew out Peotone 103-69 on Friday after grabbing an early lead and never looked back.
The Coalers 2-2 (1-1) scored 52 total points in the first half to own a 10-point lead into the half.
Coal City came out of the locker room fired up and outscored the Devils, 30-20 in the third to extend their lead to 72-62.
Peotone was still staying with them until the fourth where the Coalers ran away with it, posting a 21-7 run to close this game out.

Lisle, Manteno spoil Wildcats’ start

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:51pm

by shawn long
staff writer
After back-to-back victories to start the season, the Wilmington boys basketball team has lost two straight.
They fell 69-39 to Manteno on Friday.
The ‘Cats (2-2, 0-1) were down 3-2 early in the first quarter when Tyler Willis jump started the ‘Cats offense, swiping the ball away from the Manteno offensive player. He took it all the way back to the basket to give the ‘Cats a 4-3 lead.

Lady ‘Cats engineer fourth quarter comeback, stun Clifton Central

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:50pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Wilmington girls basketball team mounted a fourth quarter comeback to edge Clifton-Central 39-35 on Saturday.
After the ‘Cats (3-5, 0-3) gained a 20-15 halftime advantage, the Comets came back to take a 27-24 lead after three.
But the ‘Cats weren’t going away as they came back to win it in the fourth with a 15-8 run.
With two minutes left in the game, the WHS girls trailed Clifton by five but Chloe Sanford said, ‘not so fast’ as she bounced one off the glass and in to make it 35-32.

Wildcat matmen win one at PC Duals

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:47pm

by shawn long
staff writer
Wilmington wrestlers won one out of four matches Saturday during the Prairie Central Duals.
The ‘Cats (1-3) started with Monticello, who picked up 24 points on forfeits and cruised from there. The ‘Cats scored 18 points with pins from Jarin Allen, Justin Lynn and James Shewmake.
Next up was one of the best teams in the state, Prairie Central and they had no trouble with Wilmington without the six forfeits so that just gave them points. Wilmington picked up two pins in the loss.

Lady Comets lockdown Lady Coalers for second straight win

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:39pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Reed-Custer girls basketball team made it their second straight win as they took the lead early on and never looked back in a 45-25 victory over Coal City Monday.
The Lady Comets (7-3, 3-0) outscored the Lady Coalers, 24-13 in the first half.
After that, they added more insurance, going on an 18-6 run in the third to give themselves a 42-19 advantage with eight minutes to play.

Comet matmen capture three at Praire Central

Published by admin on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 5:38pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Reed-Custer wrestling team continued their winning ways, taking three of five matches in the Prairie Central Dual on Saturday.
The Comets (5-2) had Argenta-Oreana first and they made quick work of them, tossing them aside with nine pins. They also had help from four forfeits.
They continued with Hoopeston Area, who was no match for the Comets. Reed-Custer recorded five wins by forfeit that gave them 30 points. They added five pins and an exciting Cameron Bergman decision.

Illinois Central Eight names All-Conference for volleyball

Published by admin on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 8:32pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Illinois Central Eight conference ended with Herscher as champions of the volleyball standings, with six players from area schools named All Conference.
From Coal City (18-15, 9-5), Abbie Cullick, McKenna Fitzpatrick and Luci Hakey were honored.
Cullick was their senior libero leader that was one of the reason the Lady Coalers had another double digit win season.
In 75 sets, Cullick led the Coalers with 263 digs with nearly four digs per set. She also had three aces, a kill and added 13 assists.