Softball In the last 11 Webster University softball games, Katelyn Johnson has been standing at first base at some point in the contest. Not because of a dropped third strike, a walk or an error. The Woodstock graduate and Webster University junior has hit safely in the last 11 softball games. Four of those have come […]
Athletic departments typically deal with a scheduling nightmare of sorts this time of year, and 2016’s spring break continued that challenging tradition. With Midwestern skies unleashing their fury, plenty of high school teams throughout the region have seen their schedules fall victim to rainy, windy weather. Despite the interruptions, the Woodstock North baseball program seems […]
With soccer practices, basketball games and softball tournaments to attend, Robin Hugasian put her horseback riding hobby on hold for a while. Now that her children are grown, she has some newfound time to rekindle her passion for horses with the help of John White Stables. Hugasian, from Sturtevant, Wis., started taking lessons at the […]
Baseball Sometimes, earning a victory in a sport is about being in the right place at the right time and being capable of making the right decision, which leads to the right play. Such was the case for Alex Ferguson, a Woodstock High School graduate and University of Minnesota-Duluth pitcher, when he worked in relief against Minnesota […]
Softball Katelyn Johnson, a Woodstock High School graduate and Webster University softball player, knows how to get on base. She has also become pretty good at getting in scoring position. The junior, who has played in eight games and made eight starts so far, has eight hits in 25 trips to the plate for a […]
Woodstock North varsity girls soccer is back on its home turf this spring for the first time in two years. The team had been transplanted onto the fields behind Mary Endres Elementary School for a couple of seasons due to varsity soccer pitch renovations and drainage improvements. “It’s great to be back home, and we […]
Track & Field Jon Walsh, a Woodstock North graduate, was less than 4 inches from a Missouri Valley Conference track title. At the indoor conference finals, the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale vaulter finished with a leap of 16 feet, 9.25 inches. He finished third overall. The winning vault of 17-1 was jumped by Indiana State University’s Connor […]
The boys track and field teams from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools each got their first taste of competition for the 2016 season when they traveled to Huntley High School for the boys Fox Valley Conference Indoor Invite March 15. They competed against teams from Huntley, McHenry, Grayslake North, Grayslake Central, Crystal Lake South, […]
Thirty-six-year-old Baret Bailey, a graduate of Woodstock High School, said she is more nervous about fighting in the Chicago Golden Gloves than when she served as a helicopter co-pilot in the Iraq War. Her first amateur bout will be Thursday, March 10, at Cicero Stadium, 1009 S. Laramie Ave., Cicero. Bailey is fighting in […]
Woodstock High School recently inducted five alumni into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Chosen by a committee, the criteria for consideration as a member of the Hall of Fame is athletes who have achieved one or more of the following: a state championship, All-State […]
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