Jake Fredricksen has been busy this summer. Even with his competitive wrestling career over, the Woodstock High School graduate and standout collegiate athlete can’t seem to stay away from the […]
Woodstock North High School 2013 graduate Alex Geisler had an idea. The four-year member of the WNHS cross-country team wanted to hold a “glow-stick” 5K run/walk — he just needed […]
Woodstock North High School girls soccer coach Lauren Farley has double duty this school year as she was recently named the Thunder boys soccer coach. “We are excited to hire […]
The traditional British folk song “The More We Get Together” holds true for cross-country runners in Woodstock. The starting line for their first fall race is miles of hard work […]
When last seen during the school year, Woodstock High School incoming senior Alex Ferguson was pitching a shutout against crosstown rival Marian Central Catholic High School in the semifinals of […]
Woodstock High School head girls basketball coach Marty Hammond was looking for something different for his team, and a call he received this spring set the ball in motion for […]
When the Woodstock municipal swimming pool opened in 1962 in City Park, six families gathered in Harold and Marge Buschkopf’s dining room on Pleasant Street to come up with an […]
The Woodstock Girls Softball League executive board had a dilemma. WGSL is normally an in-house league with four to five teams in each division and all games played in Woodstock. […]
Entering its 54th year, the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team is looking for a rescue. The theme for the team’s show this summer is “Ski Show Rescue,” based loosely […]
The river trail in Tucson, Ariz. is, really only a river trail a short time each year when it floods during the rainy season. The rest of the time, the […]
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