After two games on the road, Coal City is heading back home. They will take on the Plano Reapers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Coal City is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Illinois (they are ranked 176th, while Plano is ranked 402nd).
Coal City is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Manteno (and have done all season long). Coal City's defense stepped up to hand Manteno a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give Coal City's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Plano was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell just short of Harvard by a score of 2-1.
Coal City is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-2 record this season. As for Plano, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Everything went Coal City's way against Plano in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Coal City made off with a 3-0 win. Does Coal City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Plano turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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