Cold temperatures, wind and even snow has become the norm for the spring 2022 sports season, and all of those conditions combined to add drama to the girls crosstown soccer game April 18. Despite the weather, the Thunder pulled off a 6-0 win on their home field. The game was hosted by WHS but had […]
Abby Primus, a Woodstock graduate, has a couple of personal goals to achieve in the sport of softball before she graduates in six weeks from St. Norbert College. Both goals are achievable if she does one thing: hit the ball. At press time, the St. Norbert senior has a career batting average of .399. As […]
Any momentum that combining athletic programs at Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools might have had hit a wall last week when the results of a public survey were announced. More than 60 percent of the nearly 3,000 people who responded to the online survey said they did not want the separate athletic programs to […]
The consistently soggy conditions in March and early April have presented a challenge for many high school sports this spring, and softball is among those at the top of the list. The temperature is not necessarily a factor, but wet fields are susceptible to damage that prevents game play as well as practice. “The cancellations […]
With a round of 75, Woodstock High School graduate Evan Bridges finished second in a dual outing between his school, Carroll University, and St. Norbert College. Bridges was only two strokes from the winning score of 73, which was posted by teammate Eric Happ. Still, St. Norbert topped Carroll by eight strokes, winning 303-311. Track […]
Sixty-one percent of nearly 3,000 survey responses voted against a merger of sports programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North High School. The matter was not scheduled for a vote at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday, but board President Carl Gilmore said it would be on the agenda for the April 26 so members could […]
Ryan Starnes, a longtime basketball assistant at Huntley High School, has been hired as head coach of the Woodstock High School boys’ basketball program. Starnes, who teaches social studies at Marlowe Middle School in Huntley, said he was excited about the opportunity to lead the varsity Blue Streaks. Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com WHS girls dominate dual Securing the top spot in 12 of 18 track events, the Woodstock High School girls team posted 94 points to Woodstock North’s 43 at the dual meet April 5 at the Thunder’s stadium. Team points were awarded based on placing. Individual events were scored 5-3-1, and only the […]
Spring break might have put Woodstock High School wide receiver Caden Monti in the running at the University of Hawaii. The junior created a sign that read, “Recruit me 2023/WR,” and held it in the bleachers during the university’s football team’s practice. Hawaii Star Advertiser newspaper picked up the story, while KHON2 TV filmed Monti […]
While indoor track is not recognized as a separate sport from outdoor track, the Top Times Meet at Illinois Wesleyan University reveals where you are among the best in the state with two months to go in the season. That said, Tim Maidment and Jack Novelle, a pair of Woodstock Blue Streak seniors, have to […]
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