While their friends lug bats and gloves to travel softball games in the summer, Alexis Bauman and Caileigh Widmayer haul their horses around the area to compete at high-level hunter/jumper […]
Figure skating was never in the cards for Sierra Meiners. Growing up in Minnesota and a lifelong hockey player, Matt Meiners had all three of his children on skates […]
Marian Central’s Nick Remke took home an individual championship and 11 other area athletes placed at the 48th annual John Sciacca/Richard Holtfreter Wrestling Tournament at Harvard High School Dec. […]
For the past three years, Creekside Middle School has hosted a winter pom and cheerleading exhibition for 12 area middle schools to perform in a fun and friendly atmosphere. However, […]
Former Marian Central Catholic High School Athletic Director Bob Kies died Dec. 12 at the age of 75. Kies had been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year. Kies […]
Woodstock resident Lois Emrich had a different experience this summer. Emrich volunteered to be a buddy in the Woodstock Little League Challenger division which allows children with special needs […]
Marian Central Catholic High School graduate and Ohio University volleyball player Abby Gilleland was named 2013 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, the league announced Dec. 7. Gilleland is […]
The Woodstock co-op boys swim team, made up of swimmers from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools, sent a team of 11 upperclassmen to the IHSA sectional meet last […]
The Woodstock North High School wrestling team has a new coach this season — the fourth in four years — and the new coach looks like he might be […]
The co-op girls bowling team, made up of students from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools, is ready to start the season. The team has 10 members – all […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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