Eve Meintz was recruited by Benedictine University as a soccer player. The Marian Central Catholic grad and Huntley resident finished as not only an all-conference soccer player, but a conference […]
For Marian Central Catholic High School alumnus Cody O’Neill, his new position as Marian’s athletic director feels “a bit like coming home.” “Everything has come full circle,” O’Neill said. The […]
Patrick Brunken, who recently completed his lacrosse career and graduated from Benedictine University, might not remember the speech that Rocky Balboa gave to his son. But the Marian Central Catholic […]
Interpreter, Emma Rogers Several Woodstock sports fields were alive with high-caliber youth baseball action in mid-July as the city was a host location for the 2022 Summer International Championship of […]
Multi-sport athletes in high school, especially at a small high school, are common. In college, it is extremely rare, except with something like track and cross-country, where the activity only […]
Despite some early morning storms resulting in extremely high humidity, more than 60 athletes, age 7 through adults, tested their swimming, biking, and running skills against the clock in the […]
If the St. Norbert College softball team voted for a Most Improved Honor in 2021, Woodstock graduate Abby Primus should be a shoo-in. In 2019, she was hitting .221. Two […]
Looking for a purpose behind your walk in the park? Woodstock residents now have a new recreational outlet available to them. A nine-hole disc golf course spouted up this spring […]
Academically, Marian Central Catholic High School graduate and Marengo native Abigail Jones might have the right idea. At the University of Mary, and before that at Loyola University, the two-sport […]
More than 500 spectators enjoyed an evening of WWE-style entertainment last week at Porkies Pig Roast on South Eastwood Drive. What made the event unique, however, is that the match […]
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
