Coal City’s Emily Halliday (23) gains control of a rebound against Herscher. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Emily Halliday (23) drives to the basket past Herscher’s Caroline Walsh. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Donjeta Shabani (32) takes a shot against Herscher’s Samantha Dumontelle. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Brittany Jezik (22) drives to the basket past Herscher’s Molly Hertz. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City girls basketball coach Brad Schmit. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City girls basketball coach Brad Schmit. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Emily Halliday (23) takes the ball to the basket on a fast break against Herscher. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Nicole Borgetti (34) brings the ball up court against Herscher. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Brittany Jezik (22) brings the ball up court against Herscher. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
Coal City’s Emily Halliday works under the basket against Herscher’s Alexi Matthews (40) and Samantha Dumontelle (42) during the first half in Coal City, Wednesday December, 19, 2012.| Ray Luna ~ For Sun-Times
Coal City coach Brad Schmitt keeps preaching the same message to his team: Your jump shot and offense may fail you, but defensive effort should always be there. Hosting Herscher on Wednesday night in an Interstate Eight match-up, Coal City’s offense struggled, but the Lady …
