Coal City in control throughout straight-sets 2A regional title win over Seneca

There were times – as late as 10-10 in the opening set and 20-20 in the second – the host Coalers found themselves knotted up with regional top seed Seneca in Thursday’s Class 2A Coal City Regional championship match.There was never a time, though, when Coal City didn’t seem to be in control.“I felt like that too,” Coal City coach Pam McMurtrey said after her Coalers’ 25-21, 25-22 victory Thursday over past and future conference rival Seneca. “Even the other day when we played [to a three-set victory over upset-minded Pontiac], we had to come back a few times. Tonight [our girls] just stayed on top of it. They wanted it.“They felt they needed to be in control, and they did it. They did it the whole time, so we’re so proud of them.”Coal City – now 22-12 - heads to Tuesday’s semifinals of the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional, opening against Tri-Valley.Seneca - which led multiple times early in both sets but succumbed to long Coal City service runs in the teens of both – sees its season come t