Two National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American honors – is only one of the reasons that Bull Valley resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate Mason Schwalbach made it […]
For 60 years the Woodstock Dolphins Swim Team has been fulfilling its mission of empowering young people to be champions in life through excellence in swimming that is characterized by […]
Special Olympics athletes from Woodstock School District 200’s brought home 17 medals, including 13 golds, at the State Championship Summer Games at Illinois State University “This weekend was so much […]
Members of Woodstock Crossfire Soccer proudly represented their hometown recently, dominating the Seige at St. Francis Soccer Tournament in Indianapolis June 2 to 4. All Crossfire teams participated in […]
In every event that Marian Central Catholic graduate Dominique Thomas ran at the Horizon League Championships, she scored in. The Lake in the Hills resident scored individually in both the […]
Several interesting careers preceded Jack Walsdorf’s hiring as a German teacher at Woodstock High School in 2001. After earning his German degree at Eastern Illinois University and spending a year […]
Woodstock resident Jeff Schwartz recently tallied 81 new land speed records in the Production Motorcycle and Modern Performance Car categories at the East Coast Timing Association event in Blytheville, Ark. […]
The question at this point has to be, What will Woodstock North graduate and Coe College pitcher Ellie Thurow do for an encore? Because her most recent year of softball […]
Physically, Coe College pitcher Ellie Thurow, a Woodstock North graduate, is at the NCAA Division III World Series for softball in Marshall, Texas. Emotionally and mentally, the former Thunder player […]
Almost nothing in life is a sure thing. That goes for athletics as well. But for the Woodstock Blue Streak 3,200-meter relay team, it is highly likely that on May […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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