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Training the trainers

  Helping a peer keep her college scholarship, championing for lifelong health through a balanced diet, getting a classmate back on his feet — these are tasks of high school […]

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Streaks win 3A regional

  This season has been frustrating for the Woodstock High School girls basketball team. The Blue Streaks entered the post season having lost nine game by five points or less. […]

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WNHS executes, gets revenge

  What a difference eight days can make. On Feb. 4, the Woodstock North High School boys basketball team couldn’t stop the inside game of crosstown rival Woodstock High School, […]

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Marian’s Lee commits to University of Pennsylvania

Marian Central Catholic High School standout running back Ephraim Lee has committed to play football at the University of Pennsylvania, commonly referred to as Penn, located in Philadelphia. Penn, a […]

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Blue Streaks take first round

  The Woodstock High School boys basketball team decided to force the issue against crosstown rival Woodstock North High School Feb. 4. The Blue Streaks had a clear height advantage […]

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Wrestlers advance to sectionals

  restlers from Marian Central Catholic, Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools competed in the IHSA Class 2A regional tournament Feb. 8 at Hampshire High School with nine wrestlers, three […]

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D-I signing in Marian alum’s future

  Tuesday, April 15, is a day marked on the calendar for McHenry County College baseball player and Marian Central Catholic High School alum Lincoln Herendeen, and not because of […]

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Lady ‘Canes look for consistency

  Jackie Budmayr knew this season would be different. The Marian Central Catholic High School girls basketball head coach would have to find a way to fill the void left […]

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Pro Snow

After several unseasonably mild winters with below-average snowfall and sporadic thaws, area snowmobilers finally have something to smile about. “This year we have winter with a capital ‘W’,” said Jim […]

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