Soccer Preview: Coal City vs. Sandwich
Coal City has gone 8-0-2 against Sandwich recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Coal City Coalers will head out to square off against the Sandwich Indians at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coal City has three straight wins, Sandwich has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Coal City's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Streator/Woodland as Coal City made off with a 4-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Coalers, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Streator/Woodland with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Carter Hollis (2),
Dane Noffsinger, and
Parker Jacovec.
Meanwhile, Sandwich lost 5-1 to Yorkville Christian on Friday.
Coal City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6-1 record this season. As for Sandwich, their loss dropped their record down to 1-16-1.
Everything went Coal City's way against Sandwich in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Coal City made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coal City since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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