By Juel Mecklenberg news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School boys soccer hosted the annual Jacob Norys Memorial Tournament Sept. 5 and 6 with schools from around the Northwest suburbs. The champion team […]
Staff Report The Woodstock High School football team traveled to Harvard Sept. 12 to play their first conference game of the season. A 27-20 win over the Hornets pushed the […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com WNHS’s season began with an easy 68-0 home win over Elmwood Park to start new head coach Jeremy Homuth’s era well. In the second non-conference game, […]
Marian Central Catholic High School sophomore Jordan Cheng went 3-0 last weekend at the Vernon Hills Invitational tennis match, winning matches over her opponents from Waukegan, Vernon Hills, and Lake […]
WHS at 2-0 heads into conference play againstrival Harvard Hornets Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock Blue Streaks were looking to go 2-0 to start their season when they hosted the […]
Ben Weir, a junior at Woodstock North High School, has had a great start to the 2025 golf season. He finished third individually in the Sandwich Invite, carding an 82. […]
For the first time in many years the Woodstock Blue Streaks have opened the season with 2 consecutive wins. Week 1 saw a blow-out win against North Lawndale 46-6 and […]
By Sandy Kucharski sandy@thewoodstockindependent.com Independent photos by Andrew Rousey Woodstock Invitational renamed for former golf coach, JC Wise The boys golf program in District 200 has been a co-op sport […]
Childhood friends meet yearly to play, reconnect, remember with softball news@thewoodstockindependent.com By Sandy Kucharski It was the 1970s, before iPhones and internet, video games and virtual reality. When school was […]
Local sisters roll to victory in inline speed skating competition By Lydia LaGue Lopez news@thewoodstockindependent.com Baseball, tennis, soccer … all common sports for kids to play in the summer. But […]
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