By Julian Senn-Raemontnews@thewoodstockindependent.com Local teenage rock-band sensation Mixtape fireballed through Jimmy Eat World’s classic tune “The Middle” as classmates filed into Marian Central’s Landers gymnasium. The drumswere booming and the […]
Ellie Thurow is 2-for-2, even though the Woodstock North graduate has not logged one plate appearance In the first two Coe College softball games, the coaching staff put the ball […]
Winning is fun, and the Creekside seventh-grade girls basketball team had a lot of fun this season, highlighted by winning the end-of-season Fox Valley Conference tournament. “It was a very […]
Boys Basketball Woodstock Blue Streak senior Spencer Cullum was named Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Among his accomplishments, the 6-foot, 6-inch senior scored more than 1,000 […]
Dominique Thomas, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, keeps running fast and adding, or lowering, records. Thomas, a sprinter for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, established a new school record in the […]
The Marian Central Catholic Hurricanes have won state championships before. But never in the sport of wrestling. Until Saturday. They now have an Illinois High School Association Class 1A State […]
Marian Central Catholic freshman Jimmy Mastny will probably not work by the hour when he gets a full-time job in a few years. He certainly likes to end it quickly […]
Boys Basketball Feb. 8 – Marian (6-22) defeated Timothy Christian (9-19) 71-63. Feb. 10 Marian (6-23) fell to Bishop McNamara (17-8) in a close game 73-71 in the Chicagoland Christian […]
By Juel Mecklenburgnews@thewoodstockindependent.com In their final regular season game before the IHSA class 3A girls basketball postseason begins, Woodstock hosted Woodstock North in a crosstown face-off Feb. 7. Woodstock was […]
By Seth Rowenews@thewoodstockindependent.com Teamwork and consistency have led the Marian girls basketball team to a 25-4 season record to this point and a victory in the inaugural Chicagoland Christian Conference […]
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