By Jan Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Northwood Middle School eighth-grader Avery Thornton earned four state titles at the 2026 State Gymnastics Meet on March 21-22. She is state champion in vault, beam, […]
Baseball Mar. 30 – Woodstock North (1-2) fell to Cary-Grove (3-2) 16-1. Mar. 30 – Woodstock (1-2) lost to Crystal Lake South (4-0) 23-8. Mar. 30 – Marian (0-3) fell […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock North girls soccer team stood at a 1-2-1 record in the early going. The Thunder fell to Rockford Harlem, 3-0, March 31 and then […]
Baseball Mar. 24 – Marian (0-1) fell to Boylan Catholic (3-1) 11-3. Mar. 25 – Woodstock (0-1) lost to Hononegah (4-0) 12-3. Mar. 27 – Marian (0-2) fell to Huntley […]
Woodstock High School senior Ellery Shutt had a record day at the Illinois Indoor Championship in Chicago March 28, dropping almost 10 seconds from his previous best time to place […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock freshman girls basketball player Alex Nowacki capped off her first varsity season with an all-state honor. Nowacki, who played in an international tournament over holiday […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com It was a little late, but baseball games got started last week for all three Woodstock teams. Fans bundled up to battle 32-degree temperatures as the […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by returning IHSA State Qualifier Wilson Jakubowicz, the Marian Central boys track-and-field team is hopeful for a strong start to the new season. Jakubowicz finished […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by two seniors who will continue their baseball career in college and a third who will continue to compete in another sport, the Woodstock baseball […]
Christine Chmiel, a senior at Marian Central Catholic High School, started the first two games of the season against Richmond-Burton. On March 10 the University of Dayton commit struck out […]
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.
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