The best female high school swimmers in the state converged on FMC Natatorium in Westmont Friday and Saturday for the IHSA Girls State Championships, and each school from Woodstock had a swimmer in the race. Haley Halsall, a senior at Woodstock High School, and Hannah Blaksley, a senior at Woodstock North High School, swam as […]
Coaching high school varsity sports of any kind is hard work, even if it’s a labor of love. Win or lose, the demands of the job while the sport is in season are very time-consuming. At the close of the 2021 football season, Jeff Schroeder, Woodstock North’s head football coach announced he was hanging up […]
On the heels of a very successful Fox Valley Conference meet, the Woodstock girls co-op swimmers continued the momentum at sectionals at Barrington with every swimmer earning a personal record, and two of those swimmers – Hannah Blaksley and Haley Halsall – earning a trip to the state meet this weekend. “Conference and sectionals were […]
All members of the Woodstock boys cross-country team had their best race of the year against the best competition in the state Nov. 6 when they ran in the IHSA 2A state finals. At the end of the race, they finished 13th against some very tough teams at Detweiller Park in Peoria. “All our runner’s […]
Evan Bridges, a Woodstock graduate and Carroll University junior golfer, continues to drop his stroke average. He saved his best for last. In the last round of the fall months, he shot a 71, which was not only the lowest 18-hole round of the year for the junior golfer, but the lowest of his collegiate […]
The IHSA Class 2A sectional race Halloween eve turned out to be a real treat for the Woodstock boys team. A fifth-place finish earned the Blue Streaks an invitation to Detweiller Park in Peoria for the IHSA state finals this coming Saturday, Nov. 6 While Woodstock has been represented at state over the past decade […]
The Woodstock North High School volleyball team ended 2021 in post-season play last week when the Thunder fell to Crystal Lake South in the Class 3A Boylan regional final. The match went three games, with the Gators winning 2-1 (25-23,9-25, 23-25). “Each season ultimately has its own story,” Thunder head coach Eric Schulze said, “and […]
The last game of the 2021 football season, the annual Crosstown Challenge at Woodstock North, brought fans and players together from all over Woodstock to celebrate the final meeting this year under Friday night lights. After a catered dinner of pulled pork sandwiches for everyone in attendance and a hard-fought varsity game, the Woodstock Blue […]
By Nick RagoFor The Independent Woodstock North lost 38-6 to a better-than-the-record-shows Johnsburg team for the Thunder’a homecoming game Friday. Johnsburg began the game by recovering two onside kicks, which led to rushing touchdowns by Luke Conroy and Jake Metze to quickly jump ahead 14-0. After a quick drive, the Skyhawks kicked a 28-yard […]
The Woodstock/Woodstock North co-op golf team extended its 2021 run into post-season play, ending at sectionals. “Our season was very good,” head coach Brent Filetti said . Continuing to dominate the Kishwaukee Valley Conference, the co-op team won the conference tournament for the third year in a row, with jenior Brady Heeren medaling as conference […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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