Illinois High School Basketball - Coal City thwarts Sandwich
January 8, 2025: Coal City, IL 60416 The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Coal City Coalers (Coal City, IL) and the visiting Sandwich Indians (Sandwich, IL), observed Coal City's basketball team knock off Sandwich by a score of 57-40.
The Coalers (11-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Reed-Custer (Braidwood, IL). The Comets come into the Illinois Central 8 challenge with a 8-7 record. In their last challenge, Reed-Custer prevailed over Peotone (Peotone, IL), 28-26, in a non-league challenge.
In their next game, the Indians encounter the Somonauk/Leland Bobcats (Somonauk, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Sandwich will attempt to improve on its 9-8 season record. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a 4-13 record after their 41-39 non-league loss to Amboy (Amboy, IL).
