COAL CITY — Tuesday was a night of firsts for the Coal City varsity boys basketball team as the Coalers opened the season at their own Turkey Tournament.

Coal City's 55-28 defeat of Gardner-South Wilmington means that the Coalers are over .500 for the first time under third-year coach Brad Boresi. The win was their first in the three-year history of the Coaler Turkey Tournament.

Boresi wasn't positive when I asked him right after the game, but he agreed that the margin of victory might be the Coalers' largest during his tenure. And when I told him that, according to my numbers, the Coalers had just one turnover during the first half of the game, he agreed that had to be another first for them during his time at the helm.