Abigail Jones, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and University of Mary distance runner, has won many races during her career. But she may have never won a 3,000-meter steeplechase with the same margin of victory as she did at the Al Bortke Invitational, which was hosted by Dickinson State University. The Mary senior, a Marengo […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The boys varsity tennis team finished first overall in the Kishwaukee Valley Conference tournament last week. The Thunder were able to overcome fierce competition and the warm weather en route to the team title. The team was led by seniors Jason Burg (1st singles) and the doubles pairing of Erik Hermansson and Erik Sarabia […]
Woodstock High School’s boys track and field team made its mark in the 21st century, winning the Kishwaukee River Conference championship meet May 10. The last time a Blue Streaks team won conference was 1980 in the Fox Valley Conference. Woodstock scored a commanding 157 points to top the field of six teams. Second place […]
Only four points divided the three Woodstock high schools in the IHSA Class 2A girls track and field sectional May 11 in Mundelein. And all three schools qualified athletes to compete in the state meet this coming Thursday through Saturday. In team scoring, girls from Woodstock North finished seventh (36), Woodstock was eighth (35), and […]
Not many athletes get to end their season with a victory. Even though it was just a dual outing for the St. Norbert College Lady Green Knights, Lucca Kenyon of Woodstock, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, won her final regular season outing, shooting an 87 at the Quit-Qui-OC Golf Club in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The […]
Young athletes are having fun while getting in shape for the fall sports season, participating in 6-week strength and agility sessions. For the first time in program history, Woodstock Thunder Youth Football & Cheer has partnered with MG Performance (attached to Snap Fitness in Woodstock) to provide sessions that emphasize strength and agility to prepare […]
As the defending conference championship team, Woodstock High School girls track and field head coach Jon Brown said he knew what it would take to win again, and he had a plan. “They worked very hard and smart in the off-season to be at their best at the end of the year,” Brown said. “We had […]
Liam Kirwan, a graduate and former football player at Marian Central Catholic High School, has been named head coach of the Hurricanes football team. School athletic director Curtis Price said Kirwan’s hiring would enable the school to have a football coach also be a member of the faculty as a physical education teacher. The hiring […]
Tennis, like many other spring sports, is a fair-weather game, and the wet, windy conditions this year have made it difficult to get good days on the court. The month of April was especially challenging, not only for games, but for practicing as well. “The poor weather has complicated our practice and match schedule quite a […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com All three Woodstock-area high schools – Marian Central Catholic, Woodstock, and Woodstock North – participated in the McHenry County Track & Field Championships April 21 at Richmond-Burton High School. The annual contest is an opportunity for neighboring teams from McHenry County to compete against each other, regardless of division. This year’s meet […]
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