While the season is waning for many summer and fall athletes, figure skaters can train and compete year-round. Recently, several Woodstock girls – representing the Wagon Wheel Figure Skate Club – traveled to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., to compete in Skate the Lake, Aug. 23 to 25. The girls stacked up well against the tough competition, […]
The Phenom Illinois 15U White travel baseball team had a phenomenal end to its summer in the McHenry County Youth Sports Association Summer International Championship at Crystal Lake. According to a news release, the Crystal Lake-based team – including Gavin Loiselle and Clark Shulfer from Woodstock – won the second session 15U title with three […]
Like parents watching their first child cross the stage at graduation, members of the board of directors of Woodstock Avalanche are proud to see many of their 18U players populating the varsity rosters of Woodstock-area high school baseball teams, and a couple of them, for the first year, are even signing to play in college. […]
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