Just two days after picking up a win over Wilmington in a three-set thriller, the Manteno volleyball team came back for a home win on Thursday in another close Illinois Central Eight Conference battle, this time against Coal City .

After the Coalers took the first set 26-24, the Panthers held on to take the second set 25-23 and then the third 25-22 to improve to 10-3 overall and 4-0 to start conference play.

The Coalers, coming off an ICE win over Reed-Custer on Tuesday, fell to 6-8-1 (2-2).

Manteno’s Maddie Gesky had 10 kills in the win against Wilmington and added eight more on Thursday, including one to end the match. She also had three blocks and two digs.

“I think our team as a whole, we just have really good chemistry,” she said. “At Wilmington, we just played to the very

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