BySandyKucharskisandy@thewoodstockindependent.com Energy was high despite near-freezing temperatures on opening day, April 20, for the Woodstock United Soccer Association recreational teams. With two weeks of practice and getting to know their […]
Woodstock High School concluded a brief indoor track and field season March 23 with select athletes participating in the Class 2A Illinois Top Times Indoor Championship in Bloomington. The Blue Streaks made a strong showing with several athletes qualifying for the event and two medaling. The boys team competed in four indoor meets before Top […]
Baseball March 18 – Marian (2-0) defeated Dakota (1-1) 4-0. March 19 – Marian (2-1) fell to Richmond-Burton (4-1) 11-0. March 19 – Woodstock (2-2) fell to Crystal Lake South (3-0) 8-14. March 19 – Woodstock North (0-3) fell to Grant (2-0) 16-0. March 21 – Woodstock North (0-3-1) tied with Belvidere (1-3-1) 5-5. March […]
Rick Peterson to head up Marian’s boys varsity basketball team Marian Central Catholic High School named Rick Peterson as their new boys varsity basketball coach. Peterson, 66, has coached on and off for a total of twenty-four years at Hebron High, Woodstock High School, and McHenry County College. Basketball has always been a big part […]
High school girls in Illinois will get a chance to play under the lights this fall after a recent announcement from Illinois High School Association that girls flag football will debut as an IHSA state series. The inaugural postseason will culminate with the crowning of an IHSA girls flag football state champion in the fall […]
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 guitars threatened to shake the school’s very foundation. Everyone was wearing baggy sweats and hoodies. “Dress down day,” Marian Athletic Director Cody O’Neill said, offering […]
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 in her hands, once as a starter and once in relief. She logged two victories to improve to 2-0 on the young season. The fifth-year […]
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 special and memorable season,” said Steve Beard, seventh-grade girls basketball head coach. With an overall record of 15-1, the Creekside A team enjoyed a near-perfect […]
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 career points and holds the school rebounding record. Girls bowling Woodstock North junior Torin Deacon was named KRC Athlete of the Year for girls bowling. […]
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