Interpreter, Emma Rogers Several Woodstock sports fields were alive with high-caliber youth baseball action in mid-July as the city was a host location for the 2022 Summer International Championship of […]
Multi-sport athletes in high school, especially at a small high school, are common. In college, it is extremely rare, except with something like track and cross-country, where the activity only […]
Despite some early morning storms resulting in extremely high humidity, more than 60 athletes, age 7 through adults, tested their swimming, biking, and running skills against the clock in the […]
If the St. Norbert College softball team voted for a Most Improved Honor in 2021, Woodstock graduate Abby Primus should be a shoo-in. In 2019, she was hitting .221. Two […]
Looking for a purpose behind your walk in the park? Woodstock residents now have a new recreational outlet available to them. A nine-hole disc golf course spouted up this spring […]
Academically, Marian Central Catholic High School graduate and Marengo native Abigail Jones might have the right idea. At the University of Mary, and before that at Loyola University, the two-sport […]
More than 500 spectators enjoyed an evening of WWE-style entertainment last week at Porkies Pig Roast on South Eastwood Drive. What made the event unique, however, is that the match […]
While graduating from college is the end of the sports career for most athletes, it is not for Jake Fiorito. The former Clarke University pitcher is now getting paid to […]
Woodstock resident Melinda Malo, former Northwood and Creekside math teacher, grew up feeling like the Crystal Ice House was her “second home,” she said. “We were always here,” Malo said. […]
As far as baseball players in National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, not many are better than Mason Schwalbach. When you have the distinction of being named an All-American, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
