Marian Central Catholic High School has announced that assistant boys soccer coach Arthur Dixon will take over for outgoing head coach Jim Colvin this fall. Dixon has spent the last two years at Marian assistant coaching on varsity in addition to coaching at the JV and freshman levels. “We appreciate coach Colvin’s dedication to the […]
For the past 40 years, the Woodstock Challenge has provided race opportunities for runners of all abilities through Emricson Park and the surrounding area. This year’s race, scheduled to take off at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 17, will continue the tradition and celebrate the 40th anniversary with special events. The Woodstock Challenge will include a […]
For a fan of the Woodstock High School Blue Streaks track team to find an athlete who earned two field event medals before Saturday, May 27, 2017, you would have to go back to the 1930s. With his second high jump state medal in as many years, WHS senior Will Maidment joined a very exclusive […]
The boy’s track and field sectionals took place May 20 at Rust-Oleum field, Vernon Hills High School, despite rain, cold temperatures and high winds. The conditions resulted in very few personal best times and distances but the three Woodstock-area schools still managed to qualify several athletes to advance to state. In sectional competition, the top […]
Back-to-back shutout performances from the Marian Central varsity girls soccer team gave them the title in the Class 2A Belvidere North Regional last week.The Lady ’Canes defeated Belvidere 4-0 May 17 and top-seeded Belvidere North 3-0 May 19 to be crowned regional champions. “We had a game plan to impose ourselves defensively against key players […]
For the seniors on Marian Central Catholic High School’s varsity softball team, the final inning of the team’s 11-3 May 17 victory over Benet brought them back to the spring of 2014. During that season, then freshmen varsity players Emily Miller, Ryan Klinger, Madeline Peters and Jacqueline Chmiel played first, second, shortstop and third, respectively, […]
At the state finals, all competitors have the same goal: win a state championship in their chosen event. But if that isn’t in the cards, their goal is to at least earn all-state status and leave Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field with some hardware signifying said finish at the Illinois High School Association State Finals. […]
Woodstock High School ended its regular season with a sweep of rival Woodstock North May 4, defeating the Thunder 7-0 at home. The win left the Blue Streaks undefeated in the Kishwaukee River Conference. “This was our best performance of the year,” said Jacob Porter, WHS’ head coach. Judy Roller, WNHS’ head coach, called the […]
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 new KRC conference. WHS ended the meet in second place with 123 points. WNHS finished sixth with 31 points in the meet hosted by Marengo […]
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 29. Cold, wet weather forced the relocation of the event from Merryman Fields to SportsCity Academy, 1269 Cobblestone Way, and games were cancelled, too. But […]
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