The Marian Central Catholic High School girls team lost 2-1 to Wheaton Academy in the IHSA Class 1A state championship game May 28.  The Warriors scored early in the game on a penalty, and again in the first period of extra time to gain an advantage in the final, which was played at Naperville’s North […]

Woodstock was well-represented at the Illinois High School Association Class 2A boys state track and field meet the weekend of May 28, with three athletes taking home medals. Senior Luke Beattie and junior Will Maidment earned medals for Woodstock High School and senior Jacob Varys nabbed all-state honors for Woodstock North. The meet took place […]

                    The Woodstock Avalanche 12U baseball team won the Vernon Hills Early Bird Bash tournament May 14 and 15. The Avalanche lost 5-7 to the Geneva Vikings and then won three straight: 7-6 over Schaumburg Flyers; 11-1 over the Grayslake Coyotes in the semifinal; and 6-5 over Lake County […]

Baseball Jamie Huntley (Woodstock High School) was on the hill again last week and helped the Beloit College Buccaneers baseball team win two more games.  Not only did the sophomore hurler earn his team-leading fourth save, but also his third victory of the year. Huntley has lost only one game this year.  In the 14-4 win […]

A hattrick for the Blue Streaks downed the Woodstock North varsity girls soccer team May 6 by a score of 3-1. The crosstown game at WNHS was the Thunder’s Senior Night celebration. Honored were Allison Nordvall, Fanny Garcia, Jessica Duenas, Kristin Lemke and Maira Diaz. For Woodstock High School, sophomore Autumn Overly scored all three […]

Woodstock High School’s girls track and field team finished sixth in the 15-team McHenry County Championships April 21 and 22 at Huntley High School.  Senior Grace Beattie and freshman Sydnie Heidtke won firsts. Beattie won the 800-meter with a time of 2 minutes, 20.64 seconds, and Heidtke was first in 300 hurdles, :47.7  Veteran coach […]

The Illinois High School Association has voted to start an IHSA state series for lacrosse in 2018, giving more youth across the state the opportunity to participate and compete in one of the nation’s fastest growing sports.  While the decision might mean some schools may start to explore adding a lacrosse program, others, like Marian […]

Taking home-turf advantage, Woodstock North’s varsity girls soccer team defeated the Hampshire Whip Purs 2-1 – a Fox Valley Conference win – the Thunders’ first of the season..   “This was a big conference win versus Hampshire,” Thunder coach Lauren (Farley) Regner said about the April 19 victory. The Thunder’s first goal was scored by senior […]

Track and Field  Brad Lorr, a Woodstock High School graduate, can compete on the track and in the field for Milwaukee School of Engineering.  The Raider junior competed in four events at the Warrior Track and Field Invitational, which was held at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, Wis.  His top finish was in the high jump. […]