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The Coal City High School girls golf team secured second place at the Illinois Central Eight (ICE) Conference Tournament held at Wolf Creek Golf Course on September 22. This marked the team's third competition at the course within a week.
Three members of the team—Liv Sulzberger, Joey Kline, and Emma Sinkular—earned All-Conference honors for their performances. Emma Sinkular achieved a personal best score of 89, becoming the ICE conference individual champion. Liv Sulzberger and Joey Klein each recorded scores of 103, which were also career lows for 18 holes.
Other team participants included Kayla Kowlaski, Jackie Dodge, and Abi Rose.
The Coalers are scheduled to compete again in Ottawa on September 24 and will prepare for Regionals set to begin next week.
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. More information about the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. The teaching staff is predominantly female at nearly 78 percent. No teacher in the district has more than ten absences in a school year. Demographically, about 87 percent of students are White, with Hispanic students making up almost 10 percent; Black and Asian students each represent less than one percent of enrollment. In 2020, per-student spending was $21,619 for a total expenditure of $47 million by the district. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
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