Coal City

Lady Coalers pick up first win, split series with Joliet West

Published by admin on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 5:09pm

    The Coal City varsity softball team earned its first win of the season on Saturday, when they split a double-header with Joliet West.
    The Lady Coalers (1-5 overall, 0-1 conference) dropped the first game in five innings, losing by 10 runs, 11-1, but rallied back in the second game to win it, 6-3.
    Coal City recorded its only run of the first game in the first inning.
    Sydney Miller got thing started, as she was hit by a pitch to advance to first. She reached third on a sacrifice from Abbie Cullick, who reached on an error.

Coalers pick up first conference win, defeat Herscher in comeback

Published by admin on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 5:06pm

    The Coal City varsity baseball team picked up a big conference win Friday with comeback win over visiting Herscher, 4-3.
    Herscher grabbed a one-run lead in the third inning, and built a 3-0 advantage in the sixth.
    Coal City (7-4 overall, 1-0 conference) had managed just one hit heading into the sixth frame, but that all changed.
    Facing a three-run deficit and one out, the Coalers recorded hits from Blake Harseim, Jake Brnca (double), Austin Friddle, Payton Hutchings and Zack Nolan.

Coalers kick off outdoors against Comets, Wildcats

Published by admin on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 5:02pm

    Coal City’s varsity boys and girls track teams hosted a triangular meet last Tuesday, as they competed against I-8 rivals Reed-Custer and Wilmington.
    On the boys side, the Comets won the meet, finishing with 76.5 team points, as Coal City claimed second (66), and Wilmington took third (28.5).
    The Lady Coalers wound up in third place, earning 29 team points. Wilmington (63) claimed first, and Reed-Custer earned second with 55 points.
    Cal Smolik had a good outing for the Coalers, as he placed in four events, claiming first in three of them.

Election results—Voters say no to home rule

Published by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 10:09pm

Coal City voters said no to home rule, defeating the proposition by a vote of 770 to 179.

Grundy County voters defeated the county's request for a public safety sales tax. The final vote was 3,380 to 1,237.

Diamond Mayor Terry Kernc was successful in her bid for re-election defeating challenger Steven Kissel. Kernc collected 213 votes (Grundy and Will counties) to Kissel's 42 votes. In the uncontested commissioner race, Jeff Kasher 180 votes, Carolyn Wilson 146 votes and David Warner 166 votes.

Capital improvements outlined in town budget

Published by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 7:55pm

The village of Coal City is projecting over $12.3 million in expenditures in the coming year, and 35.2 percent of the proposed budget is earmarked for capital improvements.
    After weeks of discussion among the Village Board and department leaders, trustees have placed on a file a tentative fiscal year 2018 budget. The document takes into consideration annual and planned expenses, as well as long- and short-term debt.
    In his notes to the board, village administrator Matt Fritz spoke about the impact the June 2015 tornado continues to have on village finances.

Varsity Club learns about adversity from guest speaker

Published by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 5:33pm

    The Coal City Varsity Club was recently treated to an annual presentation, where the group has a former or current professional athlete come in and speak with the students.
    This year, the club had the pleasure of meeting Blake Geoffrion, a former professional hockey player, who also became the first fourth-generation player in the league’s history, after his father (Dan), grandfather (Bernie) and great-grandfather (Howie Morenz) all played.

Coalers drop tough one to Plainfield

Published by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 5:22pm

    The Coal City varsity baseball team put up a strong fight against Plainfield East on Saturday, but wound up losing the 11-inning marathon, 1-0.
    The game was a strong display of what the Coalers (5-3) are capable of, as they held Plainfield, who won the 4A Regional last year, to only one run. The opposition has only one loss so far, losing to Providence Catholic (3 time state champs) by one run.

Jeremy Unger ready for first year

Published by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 5:20pm

    Coal City tennis fans may have seen a familiar face on the sidelines during the season opener on Tuesday, as Jeremy Unger enters his first year as head coach
    Unger, who has been a lifelong resident of Coal City, took over for Matt Leman this year, He served as the assistant coach last year.
    “I have always been around here,” Unger said. “I grew up in Coal City, went to Coal City schools and teach at Coal City.”

Coalers get their wins despite tough schedule

Published by admin on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 11:04am

    The Coal City varsity baseball team picked up their fourth win of the season on Monday, defeating Prairie Central, 5-3.
    The Coalers (4-2 overall) grabbed a two-run lead in the second inning, but Prairie Central tied it up 2-2 in the top of the third.
    Coal City wound up retaking the lead for the final time in the bottom of the same frame, scoring two runs. They would add an insurance run in the fifth, and Prairie Central would add one in the sixth.

Lady Coalers start season with win over Reed-Custer

Published by admin on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 11:00am

    Following Coal City picking up a season-opening win over Reed-Custer last Tuesday, the Lady Coaler varsity girls soccer team wound up suffering a loss to Morris.
    Coal City gave up a goal in the opening and closing minutes of the first half, as they went into half-time down 2-0.
    Morris recorded a goal in the opening minutes of the second, moving to a 3-0 advantage.
    The Lady Coalers played with determination to get back in the game in the second half, and would eventually record their first goal of the game.