For Daemen College in the NCAA Division II era, only two women have reached 1,000 digs. One of those women is Woodstock graduate Georgia Wicker, a 5-foot-3 defensive specialist/setter. Wicker, who recently graduated, finished her college volleyball career with 1,023 digs. With the pandemic and the rules of the governing states, her career was basically […]
The Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team has entertained home crowds all summer, performing most Friday nights in front of Center Beach on Wonder Lake. This past weekend they took their show on the road to Janesville, Wis., competing at the Division I National Water Ski Show Championships. The three-day tournament included competitors going head-to-head […]
A few squealing tires, revving engines, and evasive maneuvers might be expected on a typical school morning in the parking lot at McHenry County College, but not on an early August weekend. The spacious, quiet campus parking lot was the ideal setting for Fly by the Seat of your Pants Autocross, a two-day event hosted […]
By Heather Vosburgh news@thewoodstockindependent.com Nathan Zimmerman, a Woodstock High School junior, is in Wroclaw, Poland, this week to compete in the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships. To be eligible for the event, Nathan finished third in national competition in Decatur, Ala., which qualified him for top eight in the World Trials, where archers competed head-to-head. […]
Moms probably spend more time watching their kids in sports than anyone else in the athletes’ lives, but most have not experienced the game of football firsthand. Seeking to change the script, the Woodstock Blue Streak coaching staff offered an informative, hands-on opportunity for the mothers of several players to get some game. Both veteran […]
As a sports-minded family, Tim and Cas Creighton have always supported their sons’ interests. “We’ve always encouraged them to try what they want,” Tim Creighton said. With three sons, the family is no stranger to football fields, wrestling mats, and baseball diamonds, to name a few, but their youngest posed a new challenge that led […]
Grace Beattie started her cross- country career at Illinois State University as a walk-on. But the Woodstock graduate finished her career with her name etched with the best of the best Lady Redbirds. In 2019, Beattie, the fourth of the Beattie sisters to run NCAA Division I cross-country and the fifth sibling overall to do […]
Taking the car out for a spin has a little different connotation for Woodstock resident Seth Rowe than most of his friends and family. The Woodstock High School senior who grew up watching car racing made the leap from a spectator to a driver this summer, and any given weekend he can be found hitting […]
Woodstock North High School will have a familiar face taking over as athletic director after Bobby Mickey’s resignation this spring. A North staff member since 2015, David Rose officially took the reins July 1. “I’ve been part of the community for several years,” said Rose, formerly of the social studies department. “I’m excited for the […]
Casey Dycus has officially closed the book on his college football career. But the Woodstock North graduate’s athletic career and his academic career will continue. Dycus, who played three years of football for the Aurora University Spartans, is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Palmer College of Chiropractic. In addition, he is also playing rugby […]
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