Wrestlers in the Woodstock Cyclones Wrestling Club, a member of the Illinois Kids Wrestling Foundation, are starting to see the fruits of their labor. Formed by Woodstock resident Tim […]
Opponents of Marian Central Catholic High School’s boys baseball team needed to put in lots of conditioning in the off-season if they expect to keep up with the Hurricanes […]
Woodstock High School graduate Mike Brasile has been named head coach of the Hampshire High School football team. Brasile, a 1999 graduate, was a member of the 1997 Blue Streak […]
The Woodstock North High School girls soccer team will look to its youth and its future this season. With only three seniors on the roster, Thunder head coach Lauren […]
The Woodstock High School girls basketball team will have new leadership next season as head coach Marty Hammond was dismissed after 13 years with the team and seven years […]
The Woodstock High School boys and girls track and field teams are starting the 2014 season with a good number of athletes and questions about where those athletes will […]
Five days after celebrating its IHSA Class 3A regional championship, the season ended for the Marian Central Catholic High School boys basketball team with a 56-48 loss to Sycamore […]
Emily (Klopf) Gardner had a dream – she wanted to work for the Chicago Bears. The 2002 Woodstock High School graduate, who earned business administrative marketing and sports management […]
After winning six games over the previous two seasons, the Marian Central Catholic High School boys basketball team came into the IHSA Class 3A regional championship March 7 with […]
Woodstock High School senior Zach Bellavia was named an honorable mention to the IHSA 2013-2014 All-State Academic Team Feb. 21. Bellavia, a National Merit finalist who scored a 36 […]
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