By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com It was a little late, but baseball games got started last week for all three Woodstock teams. Fans bundled up to battle 32-degree temperatures as the […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by returning IHSA State Qualifier Wilson Jakubowicz, the Marian Central boys track-and-field team is hopeful for a strong start to the new season. Jakubowicz finished […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by two seniors who will continue their baseball career in college and a third who will continue to compete in another sport, the Woodstock baseball […]
Christine Chmiel, a senior at Marian Central Catholic High School, started the first two games of the season against Richmond-Burton. On March 10 the University of Dayton commit struck out […]
Boys Track and Field March 20 – Woodstock senior Ellery Shutt (4:26) finished 3rd in the 1600m run at the Nelson/Daniels Classic. Junior Connor Calvin-Garcia (3.66m) finished 3rd in the […]
Northwest Christian Conference action for sixth- and eighth-graders By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com St. Mary Catholic School of Woodstock’s girls basketball teams both added to the school year’s succcess stories at […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock co-op senior Brianna Crown was named the Kishwaukee River Conference (KRC) Female Wrestler of the Year as part of the KRC all-league team selected by […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central’s softball team got the early jump on spring games, and the start has been a good one. The Hurricanes swept Richmond-Burton with an 8-1 […]
Boys Track and Field Feb. 27- Woodstock North’s Braelan Creighton won the triple jump, high jump, and pole vault (state qualifying jump) in the first meet of the season. March […]
Hurricanes finish among top eight in IHSA Class 2A team competition By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central High School senior Antonio Aguirre made his final high school swim meet a […]
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