Volleyball Abby Gilleland, a Marian Central graduate, missed a triple-double by three digs and one kill. If the volleyball match with Brigham Young University had lasted five sets, the Ohio […]
Woodstock High School wasn’t short on wrestling competition this past weekend, taking part in the 2015 Tom DuBois Wrestling Classic held at Richmond-Burton High School. The Blue Streaks took 8th […]
Woodstock North varsity dance competition team placed first at the Crystal Lake Central Cheerleading and Dance Invitational tournament Dec. 6. The competition drew junior varsity and varsity teams from throughout […]
Seniors Luke and Grace Beattie will be running long after they graduate from Woodstock High School in the spring. The brother-and-sister twins, 18, have been standouts on the Blue Streaks’ […]
Twenty-six years ago, Dennis Palys ran an ad in a newspaper looking for interested table tennis players. Palys played for fun in college and just enjoyed the sport of it. […]
In the final play of the Illinois High School Association Class 3A State Championships, the entire Marian Central volleyball team was in consensus about one thing: this was going to […]
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Despite soundly defeating Belvidere High School in the first round of the IHSA Class 5A football playoffs, the Hurricanes knew they would have to overcome Joliet Catholic Academy in order […]
Woodstock High School’s Luke Beattie topped the list of Woodstock runners in the IHSA cross-country state finals, finishing in ninth place in the Class 2A boys championship Nov. 7 in […]
It was a nail-biting start for Marian Central Catholic High School against the St. Viator Lions, but the 37-3 Lady ’Canes managed to punch their ticket to the state finals […]
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