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Crosstown rivals Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools met Jan. 22 at Woodstock North High School for the final regular season matchup between their girls basketball teams. Basketball, however, was […]

Crosstown rivals Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools met Jan. 22 at Woodstock North High School for the final regular season matchup between their girls basketball teams. Basketball, however, was […]

Marian Central Catholic High School student Kolton O’Neill made the decision this summer to not play football. The senior told his older brother, Cody, a 2009 Marian graduate and starting […]

Visitors to Marian Central Catholic High School Jan. 18 might have wondered if they wandered back into medieval times with all the sword play. The school played host to 35 […]

Woodstock North High School senior Tyler Busch became the first bowler for the Woodstock co-op bowling program, boy or girl, to bowl a perfect game when he rolled a 300 […]

Although the record might not show it, the Woodstock High School girls basketball team is much improved over last season. The Blue Streaks are currently 6-11 but have lost several […]

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 […]
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