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 in a show of sportsmanship and support for cancer awareness. “Amidst hardship, setbacks and the highs and lows [faced by cancer patients], tournaments like this […]
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 junior Eddie Zurawski placed seventh overall in the 12-team invitational Nov. 5 with a six-game series score of 1,248. WHS seniors Ryan Baier, Joey Brown, […]
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 shared experience of training for the race. The boys, representing teams from Olson and Mary Endres elementary schools were part of a nationwide program called […]
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 School’s head varsity basketball coach, is a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Gulf War. “The Navy has taught me trust, discipline, punctuality, respect […]
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 state finals. Both earned all-state status at the IHSA Class 2A State Championship Nov. 5. Jones, a senior, finished 21st in the state, finishing the […]
Runners from Woodstock High School, Woodstock North High School and Marian Central Catholic High School competed in the Class 2A cross-country sectional at Belvidere High School Oct. 29. The WHS girls’ team placed seventh and narrowly missed qualifying as a team to compete at state. A difference of two points separated the Streaks from the […]
Eight high schools entered runners in the IHSA Class 2A regional cross-country meet Oct. 22, hosted by Woodstock North High School at Emricson Park. Boys and girls teams competed with hopes of advancing to the Class 2A Sectional meet Oct. 29 at Belvidere High School. The top six teams qualified to move on, as well […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School girls tennis team placed 20th at the IHSA Class 1A state tennis championship held at Buffalo Grove High School Oct. 20 to 22. The Lady ’Canes were led by a top-12 doubles finish from seniors Caroline and Cate Yuk, who went 4-6 in the tournament. The Yuks dominated the […]
A Blue Streaks loss to Richmond-Burton High School Oct. 21 meant Woodstock High School fell short of making the playoffs. The Streaks lost 34-20 at home to the Rockets. WHS ended the season 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the Kishwaukee Valley Conference. A win over KRC foe Richmond-Burton could have pushed them into the postseason. […]
Oct. 15 could not have shaped up to be a much better day for Woodstock High School’s varsity girls cross-country team. The weather was cool and overcast, but the Blue Streaks’ endurance and ability were able to shine through at the Kishwaukee River Conference meet at McHenry Township Park, where the WHS girls took first […]
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