


By Liz Stroh The Woodstock North varsity football team posted a shutout victory in its first game of the season Aug. 26, thumping Chicago’s UIC College Prep at home 66-0. […]

Continuing a tradition spanning decades, Woodstock High School’s fall athletes competed in Blue-White Scrimmages Aug. 19. For many years, the fall “Blue-White night” gave the community a preview of Streaks […]

Previously known as Woodstock North High School’s Black and Teal Football Scrimmage Night, the annual kickoff to the school sports season has expanded this year into the WNHS Scrimmage and […]


The Marian Central Catholic High School Hurricanes are seeking offseason momentum for their varsity football team this season. Unlike Woodstock’s public schools, which are facing a transition to a new […]

With a new conference on the horizon for Woodstock North High School, Thunder varsity football coach Jeff Schroeder is confident in his team’s chances. “We just missed the playoffs the […]

He worked his way up from junior varsity to scout team to varsity. Woodstock North High School graduate Ben Medlicott, who suited up for the Aurora University football team, was […]

Nearly two years after a tragic barn fire swept through their Woodstock stable, the Bauman family is back on their feet and jumping to new heights in the competitive hunter/jumper […]

On an average NCAA Division III cross-country team, Tim Semmen would have run varsity from the moment he was a member of the team. On some, the Woodstock graduate would […]
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