Lady Coalers ready for Regional action

    The Coal City varsity girls basketball team will host their final game of the season Thursday night, then turn their attention to the postseason the following week.
    The Lady Coalers will enter the Herscher Regional as the eighth seed, and will kick the competition off on Monday, Feb. 12 in Herscher against sixth-seeded Pontiac. The game will tip-off at 6 p.m.
    Morton (first seed), awaits the winner of Coal City vs. Pontiac. The second game will serve as the Regional semfinal, and will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Herscher.
    If the Lady Coalers are able to make it to the Regional finale, the game will be played on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. If it’s Coal City they would face Herscher (4), Morris (5) or Prairie Central (9).
    The winner of the Herscher Regional will advance to the Dunlap Sectional, and will face the winner of the Macomb Regional.
    Teams in the Macomb Regional include: Dunlap (2), Canton (3), Galesburg (5), Quincy (8) and Macomb (9).
    The Sectional semifinal will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m.