Roster increases by 10 swimmers over last year Coach Renee Walker is kicking off the 2017 girls swim team season with 10 more swimmers than she had last year. The co-op team comprised of girls from Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School grew from 11 to 21 athletes this year. “We have a […]
The Woodstock High School/Woodstock North High School co-op golf season is in full swing with its third competition – the Woodstock Invitational – falling on the first day of school Aug. 17. Fourteen schools participated in the invitational with the top three placings going to Lake Forest, Highland Park and New Trier. “We bring in […]
WHS and Marian runners honored As runners from Woodstock High School gathered at the start line Aug. 19 just before the annual Blue/White/Silver scrimmage run, a brief dedication ceremony was held to acknowledge the 14 new etched bricks added to the line at Emricson Park. “We had to do something like this for Woodstock schools,” […]
As school resumes this week, so does a new year of high school sports. Marian Central Catholic High School, Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School kick off the fall 2017 sport season with girls tennis, swimming, volleyball and golf, and boys soccer, golf and football. The fall season of cheer and dance also […]
When Dwayne Raney passed away earlier this summer, Woodstock lost one of the most important figures in local youth baseball and softball. Raney, who died June 6 at age 86, helped found Woodstock Little League in 1954, and he served as league president as well. But he was probably best known by legions of players […]
The Woodstock High School Blue Streaks cross-country team will kick off its competitive season and honor the legacy of alumni who have excelled in the sport with the annual Blue/White/Silver run at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Emricson Park. Alumni, former coaches, parents and anyone who has an interest in cross-country in Woodstock are […]
Woodstock teenager Isaac Herrera – an experienced snowboarder who enjoys the long Midwest winters – saw an alternative for the offseason when a wakeboarding facility opened in Crystal Lake last year. Just one year later, Herrera has qualified for the cable wakeboarding 2017 World Wake Association Wake Park National Championships in Waco, Texas, competing for […]
Summer is time for sports camps. While some kids attend basketball, soccer or running camp, young equestrians go to horse camp. Four little girls, decked out in breeches and helmets with notebooks in hand, peered over the arena wall at Bull Valley Equestrian Center. Their assignment was to observe the interaction between the five horses […]
Thirty-three years ago, when he was settling into his first year of teaching, Woodstock High School math teacher Steve Erwin did not expect the mid-year favor asked by Athletic Director Jim Shipley. Girls track and field head coach Dave Lichtenheld was retiring, so Shipley was hoping Erwin could fill the vacancy. Hesitantly, Erwin accepted. “I […]
St. Mary’s youth football program is celebrating after its indoor flag football teams won their championships last month. The program’s 8-year-old, 10-year-old and 12-year-old flag football teams each won first-place medals in their age brackets at the MAC Athletic Complex in Crystal Lake the weekend of May 19. The 8-year-old and 10-year-old teams went undefeated […]
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