The Sept. 11 crosstown showdown between Woodstock and Woodstock North proved to be a heartbreaker by night’s end for the Blue Streaks varsity football team. Under the direction of new head coach Tommy Thompson and defensive coordinator Ed Brucker, the Blue Streaks were awaiting a long-sought-after win on their home turf Friday night against rival Thunder. […]
All-Conference Woodstock High School soccer player Julio Arias is looking to make up for lost time after suffering a serious injury last year that sidelined him most of the season. The Blue Streaks captain brings a combination of speed, passing and scoring to his varsity team, which was sitting 6-0 for this season as of […]
More than a dozen former Blue Streak cross-country runners returned to Emricson Park Aug. 22 to support this year’s team and remember their cross-country days. Woodstock High School head cross-country coach Jay Fuller added a silver team to this year’s Blue/White scrimmage, inviting former cross-country athletes to participate in the intrasquad race. The runners reunion […]
The Woodstock co-op golf team faced windy conditions and stiff competition at Bull Valley Golf Club, finishing in last place at the Woodstock High School Boys Golf Invitational Aug. 20. Glenbrook South, led by Charlie Nikitas, took first place out of eight teams with a score of 331. Nikitas shot an 80 to lead the […]
The Woodstock High School boys and girls cross-country runners celebrated a bright start to the fall 2015 season with a glow-stick run and food drive at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 12 in Emricson Park. It was the Streaks’ first official practice of the season. More than 40 runners reported to the midnight practice with head coach […]
The Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team finished in fifth place at the Division 1 Show Ski National Championships Aug. 7 to 9 on the Rock River. The competitive ski show team, which performs its tricks and flips throughout the summer on Wonder Lake, has placed in the top five every year since 1996. The […]
Woodstock is now home to not one, but two top-nine racers in the 2015 All-American Soap Box Derby. Those two racers – Jason and Rachel Packard – also happen to be brother and sister. The two hail from a long line of soap box derby racers and fanatics. Their results from this year’s national […]
The Woodstock High School cross-country team is reaching out to its former runners. On Saturday, Aug. 22, the team will meet for its annual blue/white run at Emricson Park. As is customary, the runners will be split into two teams, blue and white. What will be unusual about this race, however, is the presence of […]
A former athletic director from Western Illinois has been hired as the new athletic director for Woodstock North High School. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Brady Stromquist at its regularly scheduled July 21 meeting. Under the terms of his contract, Stromquist will earn an annual salary of $92,000. He replaces […]
Woodstock High School’s new freshman volleyball coach took up the sport because of encouragement she received from one of her teachers. Sarah Olesen, a 2010 WHS graduate is now in a position to be the encourager. “It’s cool that they had an eye out for potential,” she said. Olesen played volleyball at Woodstock, McHenry County […]
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