Richmond-Burton hasn’t exactly been void of football victories lately.

But ever since that Class 4A state title in 2019, coach Mike Noll has felt like something has been missing – that victory that makes everyone take note.

You can scratch that off the list now.

In a game that lived up to its billing, Richmond-Burton took down Coal City 24-20 on Friday night.

The Coalers advanced to the state semifinals last year and are considered a contender to do so again in 2025. You may want to add the Rockets to that conversation now after winning a back-and-forth game thanks to two second-half touchdowns and a game-high 81 rushing yards from senior Luke Johnson.

“We just haven’t beat semifinal-type team in a long time, so we feel really good about it,” Noll said. “I thought in the fourth qua

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