Coal City Courant

Lady Coalers sweep Wilmington

Published by admin on Tue, 09/24/2019 - 5:24pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Lady Coalers made it two in a row with a sweep of Wilmington on Thursday.
The varsity level came out fired up as they captured the first set by seven. They battled with the ‘Cats in the second set but the ‘Cats came out on top by two points to force a third game.
And in the third set, Coal City prevailed, picking up the 25-18, 23-25, 25-17 win over the Lady ‘Cats.

Coalers, 'Cats stay undefeated, Comets fall

Published by admin on Sun, 09/22/2019 - 2:52pm

The Coalers and Wildcats stayed undefeated during Week 4 of the football season, while the Comets lacked enough fight in the second half to get a victory.
Coal City’s Daniel Jezik compiled 226 all-purpose yards, his third 200-yard performance of the season, to help the Coalers shutout Peotone 20-0.

Lady Coaler hitters sweep Streator

Published by admin on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 6:17pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coal City volleyball teams traveled to Manteno where they suffered a 21-25, 18-25 loss.
The Lady Coalers were led overall by Megan Norris who recorded two kills to go along with a solo block, five digs and eight service points.
The overall kills leader was Natalie Durham as she ended her night with six from the outside.
McKenna Fitzpatrick added two kills and got up to earn two solo blocks as well.

Lady Coaler tennis shutsout Mendota, Kankakee

Published by admin on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 6:10pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Lady Coaler tennis team (8-2) continued their run, notching their sixth straight win in a 5-0 shutout of Mendota on Monday as they had all the singles and doubles coming together.
Elizabeth Kenney battled with Mary Defore to begin the set, lost the first set but came back to win the next two and the match, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Molly Stiles blanked Izabella Nanez, 6-0 in the first two sets.
Doubles did the same as Laura Flores-Skyler Wickiser outswung Hannah Ambler-Maddy Pappas, 6-2, 6-4 to begin the doubles competition.

It will be a battle between two undefeated teams

Published by admin on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 6:08pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coalers, with three straight football wins, will host a team that has the same record on Friday.
Peotone comes to Coal City after dismantling Reed-Custer, 31-8, in a contest that featured a strong Blue Devil running attack.
“We’ve got to stop their run game,” said Coal City coach Dan Hutchings. “We’ve got to be able to move the ball on offense and continue to play good special teams and just try to get better that way.”
The Blue Devils have a 27-man roster that features 12 seniors, 12 juniors and three underclassmen.

Coalers, ‘Cats rise, Comets crumble

Published by admin on Sat, 09/14/2019 - 1:03pm

The Coaler and Wildcat football teams celebrated victories last night while the Comets suffered their second setback during the start of Illinois Central Eight Conference competition.
The Coalers and ‘Cats stayed undefeated in the conference standings while the Comet defense gave up too many points to Peotone.
The Coalers dismantled the Herscher Tigers on the road, 42-0, which was the score at halftime. They ran for 209 on the ground with three touchdowns and the defense held the Tigers to just 12 yards of total offense. The Coalers remain perfect at 3-0.

Coalers, ‘Cats rise, Comets crumble

Published by admin on Sat, 09/14/2019 - 1:03pm

The Coaler and Wildcat football teams celebrated victories last night while the Comets suffered their second setback during the start of Illinois Central Eight Conference competition.
The Coalers and ‘Cats stayed undefeated in the conference standings while the Comet defense gave up too many points to Peotone.
The Coalers dismantled the Herscher Tigers on the road, 42-0, which was the score at halftime. They ran for 209 on the ground with three touchdowns and the defense held the Tigers to just 12 yards of total offense. The Coalers remain perfect at 3-0.

Coalers look to maul Tigers in first conference test of season

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:24pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Coaler Green Machine has passed its first two tests with relative ease, winning 48-33 on the road 48-33 at Morris before outing the No. 2 ranked Bishop McNamara, 34-20 at home on Friday.
Now all focus shifts to the Illinois Central Eight conference action when Coal City visits Herscher on Friday. The Tigers are 1-1 after getting beat 42-26 by Clifton Central on the road.

Coalers scratched by Tigers

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:20pm

Coal City’s soccer team was unable to score against Herscher’s goalkeeper, resulting in a 3-0 loss on Thursday.
Herscher scored three goals and that’s all they would need as their goalkeeper stopped all 12 shots the Coalers took on goal.
Luke Hawkins did a nice job in goal for the Coalers,w stopping eight of the 11 shots on goal.
The Coaler kickers will be back in action, hosting Beecher today (Wednesday). They will host Streator on Thursday and travel to Morris the following Monday, Sept. 16.

Lady Coaler tennis wins own quad

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:16pm

by shawn long
staff writer
The Lady Coaler tennis team (5-2) earned 143 points on Saturday during the Coal City quad meet, finishing 3-0 overall including a 5-0 shutout against Mendota in the final match.
Princeton came in second with 102 points while Mendota and East Aurora tied for third (61).
Lizzy Kenney destroyed Maddy Pappas, 10-2.
Molly Stiles blanked Peri Stachlewitz in number two singles, 10-0.
Laura Flores-Skyler Wickiser started it out, making their way past Hannah Ambler-Rachel Brandner with ease, 10-2.