Football Preview: Coal City Coalers vs. Wilmington Wildcats
Coal City hasn't had much luck against Wilmington recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Coal City Coalers are taking a road trip to face off against the Wilmington Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Coal City sitting on five straight wins and Wilmington on 19 (dating back to last season).
Coal City is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Reed-Custer: they outscored them in every quarter. Coal City never let Reed-Custer onto the board and left with a 50-0 victory on Friday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Coalers had established a 44 point advantage.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Wilmington took on Herscher on Friday. Wilmington took their game at home with ease, bagging a 42-13 win over Herscher. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Coal City's record now sits at 5-1. As for Wilmington, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Coal City was taken down by Wilmington 28-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Coal City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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