The Coal City Coalers will head out on the road to square off against the Manteno Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coal City has four straight victories, Manteno has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Coal City gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Reed-Custer as Coal City made off with a 5-0 victory. Give Coal City's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
They hit Reed-Custer with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maddie Gomez (2),
Kylee Kennel,
Kiley McKim, and
Claire Mohler.
Meanwhile, Manteno came up short against Wilmington on Monday and fell 5-3.
Coal City is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-2 record this season. As for Manteno, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9-1.
Everything went Coal City's way against Manteno in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Coal City made off with a 6-1 win. In that matchup, Coal City amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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