Coal City Courant

Coalers outrun the Tigers

Published by admin on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 5:35pm

The Coal City football team hit a milestone not seen since October 21, 2011 as they reached the 60-point plateau in a 63-14 throttling of Herscher Friday in Coal City.

“I think it does a lot for their confidence. We were talking a lot throughout the week about putting four quarters together. We hadn't done that yet this year,” said head coach Francis Loughran.

“Being able to come out and start fast did a lot for our guys and hopefully this is a trend going forward.”

Cason Headley got the Coalers started with an interception on the game's opening possession.

Lady Coalers remain unbeaten in ICE conference

Published by admin on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 5:32pm

The Lady Coaler volleyball teams hit the road last week, winning two of three levels at Herscher.

The varsity squad beat the hosts 25-13 and 25-15, to imprpve their overall record to 12-5 and 5-0 in ICE.

Addyson Waliczek had 15 setting assists, 4 service aces, and 2 digs to pace Coal City.Kayla Henline had 3 setting assists, 3 kills and 2 service aces while sister Kenzi Henline had 5 kills and 4 service aces.

Contributing 2 kills, 3 service aces and 2 digs was Gwen Wharrie while Bella Veraveic had 2 kills and 1 service ace.

Peyton Benson had 2 kills.

Coalers give Wilmington all it could handle

Published by admin on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:49pm

No one asked for their money back after Friday night’s football game between Coal City and Wilmington.

It was another clash between two quality programs and in the end one team faltered and the other didn’t. The Wildcats were fortunate to end up on top 17-7.

“Kudos to Coal City for coming in here and giving us everything they had,” commented Wilmington coach Jeff Reents. “We were anticipating a very physical game and Coal City gave us one. I can't remember too many of our games that aren't close, obviously we're happy to get the win.”

Punt, Pass & Kick finals part of Friday football at CCHS

Published by admin on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:45pm

Boys and girls ages 5-14 participated in a friendly competition that had them punting, passing and kicking a football.

A preliminary Punt, Pass & Kick competition was held in Carbon Hill Park on Sept. 3. The top two finishers will now compete for first and second place in the town finals set to take place between the junior varsity and varsity Coaler football games this Friday, Sept. 16 in Dzuris Stadium at Coal City High School.

Participants were divided into five age divisions—5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14.

CC tennis team defeats Kankakee

Published by admin on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:44pm

The Coal City tennis team won at No. 1 singles and two Doubles matches to defeat Kankakee on Tuesday, 3-2.

Lady Coaler Abby Stiles continued her winning ways at No. 1 Singles, defeating Kankakee’s Alejandra Cornego, 6-3 , 6-3.

At No. 2 singles Coal City’s Melanie Marchese fell 3-6, m2-6 to Kankakee’s Margaret Mulcahy.

In the Doubles competition, Lady Coalers Rachel Hall and Kylie Jackson upended Kankakee’s No. 1 team, 6-2 , 6-2.

At No. 2 Doubles, Coal City’s Ava Solis and Ana Flores, won 6-4 , 6-1.

State champion Lady Coalers to be recognized

Published by admin on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:42pm

The 2010 Lady Coaler Softball team was like no other, a team that won the state championship with a perfect 40-0 record.

Led by coach Brad Schmitt, the Lady Coalers marched through the season that ended on a stormy night in Peoria. That evening they headed back to Coal City with medals around their necks and a 2A State Championship trophy—the first for a Coaler softball squad—for the school.

The team was led by the three K’s—Kirsten Verdun, Krista Watson and Kristen Arndt—all contributing to the school record books.

Lady Coaler tennis team rules in Quad

Published by admin on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 2:50pm

The Coal City tennis team captured their own quad meet on Saturday with 133 points to outdistance Mendota (114), Princeton (104) and East Aurora (80).
At No. 1 singles, Lady Coaler Abby Stiles won all three of her matches, 10-0, 10-1 and 10-3 to lift her team in the point standings.
At No. 2 singles Mel Marchese lost with rounds of 4-10, 2-10 and 8-10.
In the doubles competition, Coal City dominated with the No. 1 and No. 2 teams beating all three opponents. Lady Coaler No. 1 doubles teammates Rachel Hall and Kylie Jackson won their matches 10-3, 10-8 and 10-3.

Second half surge nets first victory

Published by admin on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 2:48pm

Win one for the Gipper. Bobby Boucher’s speech in “The Waterboy.” Half-time is a time to regroup and make adjustments regardless of the score.
The scene at the half of Friday’s home opener against Bishop McNamara for the Coal City football team was pretty futile, with the Irish holding a 6-3 advantage. The second half was all Coalers though as they outscored Bishop Mac 27-0 and rolled to a 30-6 victory.

Coaler kickers kept busy on defense

Published by admin on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 2:44pm

The Coal City soccer team lost to Herscher 6-2 on Thursday when they hosted the Tigers.
Coalers Luke Hawkins and Keaton Stroner each scored goals with Caleb Figueroa getting an assist.
Carter Macaluso ended up with 18 saves in the net. Coal City will host Manteno on Thursday.

Coalers regroup with Bishop McNamara up next

Published by admin on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 5:31pm

The football Coalers welcome Bishop McNamara to town Friday. Mac was shut out by Marmion 42-0 last week, but their offense features one of the best running backs in the state in junior Jayden Wright.
"The film we have from last week shows that they were looking to run the ball and Wright is the focal point of the offense. Their quarterback Deuce Allaway is a running threat as well so it's going to be important to keep the running game in check and force them to pass," said Loughran.