The girls’ track and field teams from Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School competed in a Kishwaukee River Conference meet May 4, the first conference championship for the […]
Heavy rain over the weekend dampened baseball fields, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of about 110 Woodstock Little League players who attended the league’s annual opening day ceremony April […]
Cold and wind challenged competitors and spectators at the McHenry County Track and Field Championships April 20 and 21 at Huntley High School. Fifteen teams from throughout the county competed […]
A crosstown tennis matchup between the Woodstock Blue Streaks and Woodstock North Thunder came down to the very last set, with WHS earning a narrow 4-3 victory April 18 at […]
The Woodstock High School Blue Streaks and Marian Central Hurricanes baseball teams picked up four combined victories this weekend in respective doubleheaders, while the Woodstock North Thunder continued their unbeaten […]
Six former Blue Streaks have been inducted into the Woodstock High School Athletic Hall of Fame’s class of 2017. Kayla Beattie, Matt Lehl, Rob Mecklenburg, Jen Nichols-Hogle, Niki Schulty and […]
The spring baseball season has kicked into high gear with recent weather improvements setting local teams on course for achieving post-season goals. On April 1, the Woodstock High School Blue […]
Woodstock High School seniors Cora Uidl and Will Maidment both left Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center with bronze medals around their necks. They entered their particular events in the Top […]
Softball teams from the Kishwaukee River Conference were scheduled to play in a tournament at Lippold Park March 15 to 17, but Old Man Winter foiled the plan by snowing […]
Spring sports season has begun, but Mother Nature has yet to put her stamp of approval on it. Again. “If spring sports had started in February this year, it would […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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