Marengo strikes early and often to defeat the Blue Streaks 35-14 StaffReport news@thewoodstockindependent.com Friday night’s homecoming game for Woodstock High School pitted the Blue Streaks, undefeated coming into the game, against Marengo. On the opening drive, the Indians marched down the field with a 27-yard pass and a 17-yard run to make the score 7-0. […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock North girls volleyball squad has turned back Kishwaukee River Conference challengers Johnsburg and Richmond-Burton to take first place in the league, standing at 5-0. The Thunder downed R-B 25-15, 25-22 in straight sets Sept. 15 to thrill a home crowd. It took three sets, but WNHS defeated Johnsburg 20-25, […]
Caden Thompson, a senior at Woodstock High School, is a third-year varsity quarterback for the Blue Streaks. He started the season with a 67% completion rate and has thrown seven touchdowns to two interceptions. He has racked up 385 yards in three games to receivers like Matthew Cress, Jared Kay, Cash White, and Dylan Roth. […]
The first matchup of the season between Woodstock North and Woodstock girls volleyball took place at WNHS on Monday. The Thunder proved too much for the young Blue Streaks squad taking the game 2 – 0. Both teams will be looking to make improvements before they meet again in the final game of the regular […]
With the golf season winding down, the Marian Central girls team is finishing strong winning the Chicagoland Christian conference tournament with a score of 385. Sophomore Jordan Cheng finished 1st topping the leaderboard with a score of 85, while Zoe Karlen finished 2nd with a score of 87. Dakota Norwick finished with a score of 90 […]
Homecoming will not be so sweet this year in Woodstock as the Marengo Indians came to town and stole the night to remain undefeated and hand the Blue Streaks their first loss of the season. Marengo got out of the chute quickly scoring on their first possession on a 17 yd rushing TD by #27 […]
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 this year was the Saint Viator Lions. The Streaks took on Lakes Community, Sycamore, and Harvest Westminster, defeating the Westminster Warrior Lions 2-1, but they […]
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 Streaks’ record to 3-0. news@thewoodstockindependent.com Harvard had the first possession of the game, but a quick three-and-out by the WHS defense set up the offense’s […]
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, the Thunder took on highly regarded IC Catholic, but fell 40-13 on the road. That set up the first Kishwaukee River Conference clash Friday at […]
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 Forest Academy. She came in first place at the tournament.
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