The top four teams in the Illinois Central Eight Conference have played one battle after another this season, with Coal City’s 2-1 win over Herscher on Thursday serving as the latest example.

Coal City, Herscher, Manteno and Peotone have played each other a combined nine times so far this season, including nonconference matchups in tournament play, and the total margin in those contests has been just seven goals.

Three of those games have gone to shootouts, one was a tie and four have been one-score games.

Coal City (16-3, 4-2 ICE) got their latest one-score win thanks to a goal from sophomore Carter Hollis with 12 minutes to go in the game Thursday, putting them up 2-1 on the Tigers (13-4-2, 3-2). It held up as the eventual game-winner as the Coalers bounced back from a 1-0 los

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