The crosstown matchup between the Woodstock and Woodstock North girls basketball teams was a night of fan-demonium, all in a positive way. Student sections for both teams raised the roof […]
The Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School co-op boys swimming team looks forward to a fast season behind the addition of 11 freshmen swimmers to its 27-swimmer roster. […]
“All 12” is Woodstock North varsity boys basketball team chant – signifying camaraderie of all 12 players on and off the court. “This is a great group of hard working […]
The Woodstock High School boys basketball team dropped a pair of home games last week, losing to Badger High School and Richmond-Burton. In the 58-50 loss to nonconference Badger Dec. […]
Girls basketball is underway for local high schools. The Woodstock North High School Thunder started the season with two losses in the Harvest Christian Academy varsity girls tournament, which kicked […]
The annual Woodstock Hoops for Healing basketball tournament took place Nov. 21 to 23. All three Woodstock boys high school basketball teams kicked off their 2016 seasons with the tournament […]
The Woodstock boys varsity co-op bowling team began the regular season with a record of 3-3 after taking eighth-place in the season-opening Sycamore Invite earlier this month. Woodstock High School […]
A small group of boys completed a 5K race Nov. 4 at Emricson Park where winning wasn’t the goal. The 13 fourth- and fifth-grade boys were bound together by the […]
A local coach credits his years in the military with teaching him the keys to leading a team. Steve Ryan, who is entering his seventh season as Woodstock North High […]
Abigail Jones and Kylie Hagmann could not have been much closer at the cross-country state finals. The pair of Woodstock athletes were separated by less than a second at the […]
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