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First crosstown bowling battle

Blue Streaks boys, Thunder girls earn wins By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock bowling fans enjoyed gathering at Kingston Lanes to see all four prep bowling squads take to the lanes.  […]

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Lady ’Canes garner third victory

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A strong  start and finish led Marian Central’s girls basketball team to its third victory. The Hurricanes topped Prairie Ridge 42-34 in the final game of […]

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Taqi Baker -100 career wins

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A milestone wrestling victory and a total of eight place winners highlighted Woodstock’s day at the Harvard Sciacca-Holtfreter Invitational Dec. 20. Taqi Baker, a senior, improved […]

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Early wins for WHS girls bowling

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock High School girls bowling team has continued its strong start with a 5-1 record in dual matches. The Blue Streaks, in their first season […]

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‘One of the largest, most competitive in Illinois’

Woodstock girls co-op hopes to qualify seven wrestlers for sectionals By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock girls wrestling co-op garnered a tournament championship at the 32-team Lakes Sandy Gussarson Invitational Dec. […]

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Four Streaks named to all-KRC football team

Caden Thompson, Matthew Cress, Jaxson Hansen, and Tommy Jackson honored By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A group of four Woodstock Blue Streaks football team standouts won All-Kishwaukee River Conference honors for […]

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North’s Schefke top KRC player

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Gabby Schefke, the senior leader for Woodstock North’s volleyball team, was honored by the Kishwaukee River Conference as its Player of the Year award winner. The […]

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Defensive stop finishes 3-0 tourney for Streaks

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A nine-point comeback had turned a Wauconda lead to a Woodstock lead at the Woodstock-Woodstock North Hoops for Healing final game.  But there was one more […]

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Shooters dominate girls hoops

By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Two Woodstock area girls basketball players topped the 30-point mark in season-starting Thanksgiving tournaments.  Woodstock North junior Abbey Ward poured in 38 points as the Thunder […]

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