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2 years
Wildcat hugs! Back to state after 7 years. Reents, Southall, Murph, and Bolser are the best! Let’s go ‘Cats 2A all the way!
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2 years
One kneel down and it's over!!! The Wildcats are your 2021 Class 2A State champions!!!!!!
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4 years
Former Wilmington High School pitcher and major league baseball pitcher, Tanner Roark has accepted the Toronto Blue Jays 2-year, $24 million contract offer.
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3 years
Much earn recognition to coach Rob Murphy for dedication to Wilmington football program as he observes his last regular season home game. Happy retirement
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1 year
Coalers are State Champs beating Yorkville Christian 32-31 in 1A dual team. Coach Mark Masters thanks his wrestlers for first 1st for CCHS
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4 years
Jezik has ended Hoselton's reign with a 3-2 decision in the finals to secure the state championship! Great season, Daniel! He finishes with 50-1 record!
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5 years
With the ninth pick in the ninth round of the 2019 MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins select, @BrentHeadrick , a starting pitcher out of Illinois State University. Congratulations Brent! We wish you the best of luck!
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6 months
For the 2nd time in three seasons and 4th in school history, Wilmington is heading to state. Next up: Athens Friday at 1 p.m. in the Class 2A championship game at Hancock Stadium in Normal
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2 years
Final Reed-Custer 50, Wilmington 5
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4 years
Jezik blasts Quintana with an 11-3 major decision! He'll get his rematch with the undefeated, top ranked, Brandon Hoselton 56-0 in the Class 1A 195 pound championship match tomorrow!
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7 years
Wilmington wrestlers edge coal city 198-192 to win regional team title
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6 years
Murphy coached 3 team state champs, 2 team 2nds, one team 4th, 10 state champs, 52 state place winners over 24 yrs. the legacy continues
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3 years
Coming out of the woods never gets old. Just us reporters. Go Wildcats #FridayNightLights
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8 years
State champs!!!
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6 years
Congratulations to coach Rob Murphy on 500th win! Wilm matmen beat Lisle 52-15
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7 years
Wilmington's streak of 29 consecutive regular season wins ends as Manteno wins it 28-27
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8 years
The cats come out of the woods. Feels so good
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6 years
Coalers walk off 2-1 in 7th, move on to sectionals!
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7 years
Wilmington wins it over Farmington, 37-12. They move on to face IC Catholic in the quarterfinals in a rematch from last year.
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6 years
Best intro in the I-8
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5 years
Congratulations to @antxinette_ for signing her letter of intent for @PurdueSoftball @CoachDeOliveira
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2 years
At Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic procession and squad cars keep coming! It's amazing how many there are! Thank you to all of those who came out to support an amazing officer who gave her life protecting us!
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7 years
Cats intro rocks
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5 years
Your Seneca Regional Champions!!!! 1-0 The Lady Comets, thanks to a @kelsidillon10 round tripper. @antxinette_ went the distance again with 7IP, 1H, 4K 0BB
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4 years
That @DanielJezik vs. Brandon Hoselton matchup was quite possibly the best match I've ever seen. It ended in a 3-2 decision for Hoselton but great match @DanielJezik !
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4 years
Top seed Coalers (12-0) will host Richmond-Burton (2) in the Class 4A Semifinals Saturday at 2 p.m. in the semifinal rematch from a year ago.
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5 years
BREAKING NEWS! Chicago Teacher Strike suspended and CPS football teams that are eligible will be allowed to play in Saturday's football playoffs which means the top ranked Coalers (9-0) will battle Chicago (Phoenix-Military Academy)(3-4) Saturday at 2 p.m.
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1 year
Coal City wrestlers advance 14 to individual state. Reed-Custer qualifies five while Wilmington sending two. Good luck to all 21 wrestlers in bringing home some medals
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6 years
Your first place Coalers. Congratulations Coal City.
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7 years
Cats make their woods debit
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11 months
In his return to the majors, Brent Headrick picks up his first career win with 2.1 scoreless innings for the Minnesota Twins. He allowed just one hit, walked one and struck out two against Detroit
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6 months
Kettman for the Cat’s 42-14 lead. 9:30 left for Tri-Valley to perform a miracle
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6 years
Congratulations to Kiley Sowa on signing her letter of intent to @ONUAthletics for softball @kileysowa
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6 months
The semifinals will be in Wilmington as the Wildcats defeat Seneca 20-14 in overtime. Gutsy performance by the purple and white!
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2 years
The Cats secure this one 42-14 and are going to state for the third time
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2 years
Reed-Custer ( #2 ) will host Chicago Carver ( #15 ) in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs
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5 years
The 'Cats (10-1) will travel to Byron (10-1) to play the Tigers in the Class 3A quarterfinals on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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6 months
Wilmington wildcats are state champs. Winning 28-3 over Athens
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3 years
The Wildcats secure a 24-21 win over the Coalers and improve to 4-0. The Coalers are now 3-1. Great game!!
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2 years
Made it to the IHSA Wrestling state finals!!
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5 years
Looking through the Coal City vs. Morris game pictures, this picture pretty much sums it up. This picture and more will be available on
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2 years
The Cats will play Nashville at the Class 2A football state final at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois next Friday at 1 p.m. Nashville edged Decatur St. Teresa 37-35 on a last second field goal.
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6 years
Wilmington's Jack Narine (106) won his first match. Will wrestle quarterfinals tomorrow.
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5 years
Wilmington (3) is a top seed in the Class 3A brackets and will host #14 seed Lisle this coming weekend.
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5 years
Final Wilmington 28, Eureka 7
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Final Wilmington 45, Bishop Mac 25
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3 years
Coal City hangs on to win the regional championship, 14-9 and will play Manteno tomorrow
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2 years
We'll be bringing you coverage of the IHSA Class 2A State Championship game featuring the Wilmington Wildcats (13-0) and the Nashville Hornets (12-1). Coverage kicks off at 1 p.m.Let's bring our second title home and give coach Murph something great to go out on! @WilmingtonFB
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7 years
Coal City defeats Reed-Custer to kick off season, 40-0.
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9 years
Coal City wins it, final score 29-28 over Manteno.
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7 years
Wilmington earns second place in dual team state. Congrats Wildcats.
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5 years
Reed-custer has Bobby Mann take 2nd and Noah Curl take 4th while Wilmington has Julian Decker take 2nd, Ryan Shields 3rd, Jack Narine 3rd, Landon Flynn 2nd and Jake Rodawold 2nd place. They all will be at 1A Individual State. Great work guys!
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3 years
The Comets wrap this one up 55-6 and are in the quarterfinals for the first time and will take on Byron next weekend!!
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5 years
Coalers seal the deal, knocking off undefeated Manteno, 66-59
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2 years
Comets are going to survive and advance with a hard-fought 24-6 win over Du-Pec, setting up the quarterfinal clash @ Byron #UnfinishedBusiness
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4 years
Papach pulls a 4-2 decision over Pate Eastin. He will battle Winnebago's Bryce Faworski in the 1A 160 pound championship match tomorrow!
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9 years
Jack Dibble with a 65-yard run to move within a touchdown of Manteno. 21-28 with 7:48 left.
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6 years
Final from Wilmington: CC 27, Wilmington 0
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7 years
Wilmington picks up their first conference win in basketball. Defeat Reed-Custer, 87-67.
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5 years
Wasielewski (48-4) secures a third place finish with a pin in 59-seconds over Roseman (45-5).
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4 years
For the wrestling Coalers, Evan Rivera (106), Zach Finch (126), Lane Kutemeier 132, Connor Huston 138, Gabe Ludes 145, David Papach 160, Ashton Harvey 170, Daniel Jezik 195 and Gage Leake 220 are all wrestling for a sectional title, punching their tickets to state.
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4 years
Daniel Jezik (195) pinned his way past Sherrard's Josh Bynum 42-6 and SHG's Reese Edwards 39-5 to move into the semifinals. He has a tough matchup with Dixon's third ranked Sebastion Quintana (34-0) awaiting him.
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3 years
This one is over. The Comets take this one 56-34 as Arcola scores a last minute touchdown. Reed-Custer improves to 2-0
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5 years
The former Reed-Custer and Illinois State standout pitcher, @BrentHeadrick will be making his Elizabethton Twins debut in their matchup with Johnson City tonight.
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2 years
Wildcats also secured their 26th consecutive playoff appearance tonight
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4 years
Coalers advance 11 to state, the Comets send six and the 'Cats send two.
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3 years
Chloe Proffit finishes third in the 1600 meter run, her first placement at state. Her time which bested her school record was 5:24.79. The sophomore was less than 20 seconds behind the leader. She earns seven points and the 'Cats finish with 14.5 points in 16th as a team
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7 months
Bye-bye U-High. Coalers dominate Pioneers 44-0 and will travel to unbeaten Rochester next week
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5 years
This one is history as the Coalers take a knee, 48-33 the final, Coalers get their revenge, beginning the year with a statement and a 1-0 record
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4 years
Coalers hold on, 70-68 over Pontiac to secure the regional championship and celebrate but cutting down the hoop as a souvenir for the trophy case to go along with that regional plaque.
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4 years
The JV Comets stay perfect, escaping with a 50-44 win over Lisle. 22-0!!
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5 years
We'll have coverage of the Coal City vs. Wilmington football game tonight as both the undefeated Coalers ( #3 team in 4A) and Wildcats (top team in 3A) try to stay unbeaten in the battle of the area Titans! Are you ready for the conference decider! I sure am!!
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7 years
Winner winner!
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7 years
Wilm escapes Lisle with 28-25 homecoming win
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2 years
Congratulations to @HoopsRc Mark Porter for his 300th varsity win in a 64-48 win over Wilmington the other night! We will have a story on his 300th win highlighting Mark's long career in next week's Braidwood Journal! Go get yourself a copy! #fpnsports
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5 years
The Coalers Wrestling team cruised through their competition and are now 2019 Regional Champions!!
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Coal City softball beats Manteno 4-3 on a walk off RBI knock from Mia Ferrias to make @NatalieMTeague senior night that much more special!
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7 years
Comeback Cats upend unbeaten ed Blue Devils 27-21 finel
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6 years
When I asked Coach Greg Wills about JCA before the game, he said, they were a pretty complete team and its going to be a pretty great game and it was one for the ages. What a big 7-3 win for the Coalers, highlighted by a big six run fifth inning! One more step closer to state!
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2 years
Another record goes down as Comets (9-0) wrap up their first unbeaten regular season with a 58-7 win over Herscher
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6 years
Final Wilmington 27, Streator 0
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5 years
Coalers win it on a Jezik 16-4 maj. Dec. 30-29 final. They will wrestle three time defending 2A champion Washington in the battle for the top spot in the state.
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3 years
Abbey Shaw makes the first basket and the crowd goes wild!! Oh what a moment! It's 5-2 RC with 3:21 1q
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4 years
Coal City secures a 39-32 win over Auburn will wrestle Dakota at 5:30 for the state championship after Connor Huston's 13-1 major at 138.
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2 years
I will be at Coal City tonight for Strikeout Cancer Night as the Coalers and Lady Coalers get set to host Streator, and Dr. Bugg will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on the softball diamond to commemorate a special night! Game time is set for 4:30!
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6 years
Reed-Custer cheer kicks off their competitive season.
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5 years
Also with that, Wasielewski earned All-State honors, adding to his already impressive accolades in his senior wrestling campaign!
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6 months
Juster nails a 54 yd field goal as time expires in first half. Wilmington 11, Seneca 7. Wilm to receive to start 3rd
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3 years
The Comets secure this one 33-9 over the Coalers
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3 years
The Comets wrap this one up, 55-7 and stay undefeated at 4-0.
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4 years
Jack Narine has since pinned Erving at 4:35 mark, securing his third straight trip to state.
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6 years
We will have updates for you from the clash of the I-8 Titans game between Coal City (7-1) and Lisle (8-0) tonight.
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7 months
Final score: Wilmington 41, Mercer County 14. Rematch at unbeaten Downs Tri Valley is up next
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3 years
And this one is over as The Comets improve to 3-0 with an impressive 42-14 win over Lisle!
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7 years
Matt Nutt wins by Dec. 3-2 to secure the win for Wilmington over Olympia, 34-28. Wildcats will face Lena-Winslow for first place at 6 p.m.
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7 years
Coal City sends 11 to state, Wilmington advances 8, and Reed-Custer will send 2. Good luck next week wrestlers!
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7 years
Coal City wins it in a thriller, 84-82 over Reed-Custer. Micetich goes 7-for-7 from the perimeter in the second half.
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7 years
Bolser intercepts Peotone pass. Cats get ball back and burning up clock with 2:10 left and 27-21 lead
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8 years
Final: Wilmington 51, Corliss 8. Wildcats will play the winner of Byron vs. Eureka, who play tomorrow.
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