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The Coal City boys soccer team beat Chicago Academy 6-1 Friday to earn a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 1A state finals.

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Dixon hosts Coal City, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Round 2 of the 4A football playoffs. Coal City took the slugfest 49-42.

Cissna Park took control of Thursday's Class 1A Watseka Sectional championship against Lexington and never let go, putting the Timberwolves a game away from their third straight state appearance.

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The Mendota and Coal City boys soccer teams met Thursday in an IHSA Class 1A state semifinal game at Hoffman Estates High School.

The season came to an end for both Manteno and Beecher in Tuesday's IHSA Class 2A Peotone Sectional semifinals, with Manteno falling to Chicago Christian and Beecher falling to Pontiac.

Cissna Park is headed back to the sectional finals and will face a Lexington team that bested Watseka in a pair of marathon sets in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

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Coal City secured a 1-0 win over Williamsville in the Class 1A Maroa-Forsyth Super-Sectional on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, to advance to state for the first time in program history.

With a 1-0 win over Williamsville in Monday's Maroa-Forsyth Super-Sectional, Coal City kept the longest postseason run in program history alive and advanced to state for the first time.

Coal City's boys soccer team won its first sectional title with a 2-1 win over Manteno in the IHSA Class 1A Coal City Sectional, three area cross country teams and five individuals qualified for state and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.