In Thursday's league outing, the Coal City Coalers (Coal City, IL) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Reed-Custer Comets (Braidwood, IL), by a count of 58-27.

The Coalers (16-6) will now prepare for their outing against Manteno (Manteno, IL). The Panthers go into the Illinois Central 8 outing with a 12-9 record. In their last outing, Manteno was crushed by Peotone (Peotone, IL), 49-18, in a league outing.

The Comets now hold a 11-12 record. They play next when they travel to Beecher for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 21. Reed-Custer will clash with a Bobcats squad coming off a 44-36 non-league loss to Wilmington (Wilmington, IL). The Bobcats record now stands at 4-17.