More than two dozen Woodstock School District 200 student athletes are working hard and experiencing the fun of preparing to compete in the Special Olympics. This is the 10th year Woodstock has offered this opportunity to qualified students with intellectual disabilities from the life skills and target programs. Beginning with 11 students, the program is […]
Woodstock High School basketball has found itself in a rare place with matching record-setting, long-range shooters on each of its varsity teams. Evan Bridges for the boys and Camryn Tafoya for the girls have set new marks for their school’s programs this year. Tafoya set a new career mark in the first game of her […]
Three standout alumni athletes have joined the Woodstock High School Athletics Hall of Fame The 2018 inductees are: Brennae Benda, Class of 2008, a volleyball standout who played at Arkansas Tech University; Jason Crawford, 1996, a three-sport star who won a baseball scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Jenny Schwichow, 1998, who excelled in […]
Students at Woodstock’s two high schools are likely to walk out of school next week. Just how many will participate in the National School Walkout on March 14 isn’t known. But District 200 officials are preparing for it. “We’re not going to encourage a walkout by any means,” Superintendent Michael Moan said.“But if something happens, […]
Woodstock High School alum, state champ and former WHS teacher and coach Mike Brasile will return home from Hampshire to lead the Streaks’ football program in the fall. Brasile officially accepted the head coach position at the February school board meeting, replacing coach Tommy Thompson, who resigned after three seasons as head coach. His teaching […]
Thirty girls ranging in age from first- to eighth-graders performed a dance routine Feb. 3 at halftime during the Woodstock High School Blue Streaks girls’ home basketball game. At the end of the gym hung a banner that read, “We love you Sarah.” The performers, participants in the annual Sarah McCullagh Dance Clinic, got together […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School wrestling team won the IHSA Class 2A Harvard Regional Feb. 3, earning the first regional wrestling title in school history and upsetting defending regional champ and seven-time team state qualifier Crystal Lake Central. The Hurricanes took home five first-place individual finishes and placed in the top four in all […]
The Woodstock High School Blue Streaks hosted a girl’s basketball youth night Jan. 25 in conjunction with the WHS vs. Woodstock North High School crosstown game. Young basketball enthusiasts of all ages were invited. Students wearing a team jersey were admitted free. Second- to eighth-grade girls who came dressed to play in shorts and game […]
Fundraiser anchored by 3-point shootout raises money for ALS research. As the Marian Central Catholic High School and Crystal Lake South High School girls basketball teams prepared to battle Jan. 12, a moment before tip-off pushed team allegiance, standings and records to the sideline – which said a lot for some of the area’s top […]
The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics are just 31 days away, and 17-year-old Marian Central Catholic High School senior Sarah Hogan will have her eyes on Bradie Tennell. Hogan trained with Tennell, who secured her Olympic spot for Team U.S.A. with her first-place win at nationals. Hogan knows what it takes to achieve success. At an hour […]
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