Lake County Gazette

The Coalers Boys Soccer Team won the Regional Championship on Saturday, defeating Joliet Catholic Academy in a shootout with a final score of 3-2. The match was decided when goalie Carter Nicholson blocked JCA’s fifth kick, after which his teammates lifted him up while holding the Regional Championship plaque.

The team will advance to the IHSA Sectional Tournament and is scheduled to play Herscher at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Coal City will host the Sectional, and fans are encouraged to attend and sit in the east bleachers. Tickets are priced at $8 per person if purchased in advance at https://gofan.co/event/4941618?schoolId=IL15444, or $10 per person for cash purchases at the gate. Passes will not be accepted for entry.

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties and includes several schools such as Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The district has a teaching staff of 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions; about 78 percent are women and just over 22 percent are men. No teachers have more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Demographically, the district is predominantly White at nearly 87 percent, with Hispanic students making up about 10 percent; Black and Asian students each account for less than one percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, spending per student was $21,619 for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).