MANTENO — Coal City improved to 23-4 overall and 9-1 in the Interstate Eight Conference late Thursday with a pair of varsity wrestling wins at Manteno, 36-30 over Herscher and 56-15 over Manteno.

The Herscher dual came down to the 106-pound bout, where Taylor Cirrencione of Coal City won by fall in 3:47. Other Coaler winners were Cody Minnick (113) by fall in 2:56, Casey Brown (126) by fall in 4:42, Jake Czaja (145) by fall in 1:20, Max Rowell (120) by decision 5-3, Ryan Naples (170) by decision 10-5 and Ryan Kazlauric (182) by forfeit.

Against Manteno, Coal City winners via pins were Rowell (120) in 29 seconds,, Allen Potter (195) in 1:13, Jacob Frost (220) in 2:37 and Kenton Clayburn (285) in 4:32. Michael Czaja (152) won by technical fall 18-1, Naples (170) won a 13-4 major decision and Brown (126) and Terry Blondin (160) both won 6-4 decisions. Ricky Benitez (106), Minnick (130) and Jake Czaja (145) received forfeits.