Sports

Record holders to face off during Coalers vs. Cats

Published by admin on Tue, 10/08/2024 - 4:04pm

Dark green, white and gold. Purple and white. Babe's Tap vs Hayden's Crossing, Landin Benson vs Kyle Farrell.
The latter both recently became their respective school's all-time leading rusher and Friday is the final time the two will square off on the gridiron.
Wilmington has won 19 straight games and is averaging 45.3 points per game while allowing only 10.2.
Coal City has won five straight and is also averaging 45.3 ppg while allowing 9.3.

WHS to host Coal City for Volley for a cure

Published by admin on Tue, 10/01/2024 - 4:27pm

The WHS Lady Cat Volleyball Team will host the Coal City Coalers for the annual Volley for a Cure game on Thursday, Oct. 10, with doors opening at 4 p.m. to raise funds for Megan's Mission Foundation.
The event will be held at 209 Wildcat Ct, Wilmington. Games will begin at 5 p.m. for the freshmen teams, 6 p.m. for the JV team. Honoree presentation will begin at approximately 6:45 p.m., with a guest appearance from Kent and Deb Bugg, and a special video tribute to Megan Bugg.

Miner overpower the Indians

Published by admin on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 1:50pm

Coal City Miners wrapped up the regular season on Sunday by defeating Sandwich at all four levels.
The Miners Superlights won 21-0 with some collective work on offense by quarterbacks Leo Rodriguez, Cooper Lardi and Cole Coleman. Lardi scored 2 touchdowns, one a 22-yard run and the other on a 65-yard kickoff return. Coleman added a touchdown on a 55-yard run.

GSWB baseball team wins regional championship

Published by admin on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 12:38pm

The Gardner-South Wilmington Braceville A baseball team won the Regional Championship over Grant Park in five innings, 12-2.
The Lions claim their 2nd straight regional championship and advanced to Monday’s Sectional Championship against St. Anne sporting an 18-9 record.
Hosting their own regional, Lions south-paw Grady Phillips was the starting pitcher for GSWB. Phillips held the Dragons in his 2 innings of work allowing 2 walks and 2 strikeouts on 0 hits.

Wildcat football program ranked 38th all-time in Illinois

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 3:17pm

The Wilmington High School football program is being recognized by the IHSA today as having the 38th best in the state.

The IHSA has been featuring a new team daily since the start of the season as they count down the top 50 teams overall. Here is 38 and what they have to say about Wilmington. Congratulations coaches!

Lady Coalers down Herscher

Published by admin on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 4:18pm

The Lady Varsity Coalers beat Herscher 25-16 and 25-14 bringing their overall record to 9-7 and 4-1 in ICE.
Sydney Larson had 25 setting assists, 3 digs, 3 kills and 2 aces. Emma Rodriguez had 8 kills, 3 digs and 1 block.
Addison Hodgen had 4 kills, 2 blocks and 1 dig. Riley Walker had 2 kills and 1 block. Alysin Fite had 2 kills.
Abby Viano had 1 kill, 2 blocks and 1 dig. Aylie Castle and Jorie Tucker each had 1 kill. Lilly Feisley had 7 digs and 1 ace. Ava Kenney had 4 digs, 3 kills, and 3 aces.

CC tennis wins doubles tourney

Published by admin on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 4:13pm

The Coal City tennis team hosted Streator, Morris, and Lisle at their annual doubles tournament, and came out on top winning 15 matches on the day and a total of 161 games.
Three pairings went undefeated for the day, including #2 doubles Becca Hall and Kamryn Hansen, #4 doubles Cam Planeta and Olivia Weatherbee, and #5 doubles Kyla Stark and Kayla Stalter.
The final wins for each team were Coal City - 15, Streator (Twp.) - 11, Morris - 9 and Lisle (Sr.) - 1.
Doubles:

CCMS in driver’s seat as playoffs begin

Published by admin on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 4:06pm

The Coal City Middle School A baseball team wrapped up the regular season winning three more games last week.
The Coalers begin regional playoffs this week with a 17-2 record
Coal City 17,
Prairie Central 2
Rylan DeMichele drove in four runs on two hits to lead CCMS past Prairie Central in 5 innings on Thursday at Prairie Central.
DeMichele hit a home run to left field in the second scoring two, doubled in the first scoring one, and hit a sacrifice fly in the third scoring one.

‘Cats have momentum going into Lisle

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2024 - 4:21pm

Wildcat confidence is running high after winning two in a row. But that doesn’t mean they can’t let their guard down when they travel to Lisle on Friday.
The Lions lost 42-7 to Harvard in Week 1 and 40-0 to a good Seneca team in Week 2.
While scoring only one touchdown in two games while giving up 82 points gives insight into Lisle’s struggles, Friday is a conference game and it’s on a turf field in front of Lions fans who would love to see an upset.

‘Cats run over Sandwich

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2024 - 4:19pm

Was that the same Sandwich football team that scored a respectable 32 points in the season opener?
Even though they lost 52-32 to Manteno in Week 1, that wasn’t the case Friday when they squared off against Wilmington. The Wildcat defense didn’t give up a first down until late in the third quarter and by then the fast clock was already ticking.
What does that say about the defending 2A state champions?