The consistently soggy conditions in March and early April have presented a challenge for many high school sports this spring, and softball is among those at the top of the […]
Ryan Starnes, a longtime basketball assistant at Huntley High School, has been hired as head coach of the Woodstock High School boys’ basketball program. Starnes, who teaches social studies at […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com WHS girls dominate dual Securing the top spot in 12 of 18 track events, the Woodstock High School girls team posted 94 points to Woodstock North’s 43 […]
Spring break might have put Woodstock High School wide receiver Caden Monti in the running at the University of Hawaii. The junior created a sign that read, “Recruit me 2023/WR,” […]
Students in Courtney Fisher’s kindergarten class put their Women’s History Month lessons on display on the Woodstock Square in hopes of helping others across the world. Fisher said her students […]
The last time Alex Wojnicki suited up for football was for Woodstock High School in the spring of 2021, the misplaced fall sports season with an abbreviated schedule as high […]
Two Woodstock North High School alumnae never dreamed they would be interested in space law enough to coordinate a fundraiser for summer space campers at Challenger Learning Center in Woodstock. […]
Woodstock native and longtime Thunder assistant coach Matthew Polnow has been chosen to lead the Woodstock North High School football program starting with the 2022 season. The hiring was approved […]
Art students at Clay Academy are leaving their mark on the century-old building with uplifting murals, positive messages, and plenty of paint. At the beginning of this school year, Dawn […]
Members of the Business Club at Marian Central recently sought to fulfill a pressing need at an area homeless shelter with which they have an ongoing connection. Business teacher and […]
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