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, […]
After two years without competition due to the pandemic, the Woodstock School District 200 Special Olympics team made it back to the Illinois Summer Games, earning seven gold, six silver, […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.com For the sixteenth year, members of the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show team have hosted a learn-to-ski clinic in partnership with Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association. NISRA is […]
Longtime Marian Central Catholic High School athletic director Curtis Price will be be leaving the school to take the same role at his alma mater, St. Rita of Cascia High […]
Marilyn Monroe famously said, “Statistics lie.” Not to disagree with the famous beauty queen and movie star, but in the case of Woodstock’s Evan Bridges, they simply reveal the hard […]
Woodstock native Jay Fuller began his career in 1985, teaching and coaching physical education at Summit School in Dundee, then later Hebron. In 1991 he left teaching to pursue sales […]
Summer break is a time for students to get out and be active, work on something they enjoy, and maybe even discover something new. Sports camps can be just the […]
Many, many athletes are probably looking forward to the 2022-23 school year. Maybe none more than Ellie Thurow, a Woodstock North graduate and Coe College junior softball pitcher. This year, […]
On May 5, Marian Central Catholic High School announced that Liam Kirwan, a 2013 graduate of the school, would take over as head coach of the football program for the […]
Woodstock High School’s Tim Maidment capped off his senior year in track by medaling at the IHSA 2A Boys State Track and Field Championships May 28. A leap of 6.54 […]
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