Illinois High School Basketball - Coal City nips Westmont
February 1, 2025: Coal City, IL 60416 The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Coal City Coalers (Coal City, IL) and the visiting Westmont Sentinels (Westmont, IL), observed Coal City's basketball team edge Westmont by a score of 50-44.
The Coalers (18-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Wilmington (Wilmington, IL). The Wildcats come into the Illinois Central 8 challenge with a 15-8 record. In their last challenge, Wilmington edged Clifton Central (Clifton, IL), 58-50, in a non-league challenge.
In their next game, the Sentinels battle the Rochelle Zell Jewish Tigers (Deerfield, IL) in a Chicago Prep challenge, on Wednesday, February 5. Westmont will attempt to improve on its 9-14 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 10-7 record after their 53-43 league win over Holy Trinity (Chicago, IL).