The matmen from Woodstock, Woodstock North and Marian Central were victorious in five of 14 regional championships en route to qualifying 11 wrestlers for the IHSA Class 2A Antioch Sectionals.  Woodstock and Woodstock North tied for fifth place in the team standings with 85 points each. Marian Central placed seventh with 81 points. Regional championship […]

The Woodstock boys co-op swim team is preparing for home-pool advantage at the upcoming Fox Valley Conference meet. Woodstock North will host the event, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, and the team is taking a different approach to practices. The team, made up of athletes from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools, […]

Head coach Megan Harrison knows her fencing teams at Marian Central Catholic High School are the underdogs at many of their competitions. But that doesn’t keep the coach from having high hopes for her fencers, nor does it keep the Hurricanes from beating the odds. “A lot of the teams we face like Stevenson and […]

                      In his final Fox Valley Conference Championship wrestling meet, Woodstock High School senior Nick Sundberg took the title for the 182-pound weight class, the first individual conference win the school had seen in 10 years. “We’ve had a dry run for conference,” said WHS […]

With less than a month left to the season, Woodstock girls co-op bowling coach Ed Zurawski is optimistic. The team is 6-6 going into its final two home matches after finishing fourth in the Fox Valley Conference tournament Jan. 29. “We’ve had a good season with struggles in the beginning, but looking toward regionals, sectionals […]

When Leighanne Pala sunk a basket Jan. 30 for the Blue Streaks varsity girls basketball team, the crowd erupted. She hadn’t broken a record or nailed a half-court buzzer-beater. Indeed, it was the first basket of the game, and the very first points she’d ever scored for the varsity team. But they meant everything to […]

Congratulations to The Woodstock Independent Athlete of the Week for Jan. 20-26, 2016: Dan Shook Woodstock High School senior basketball player Dan Shook is currently leading the team in assists and steals, and he is second on the team in scoring and rebounding. He made game-winning shots in the closing seconds of Woodstock’s last two […]

It was the best game of his life. And it came at the right time. Eddie Zurawski, a Woodstock High School sophomore, bowled his first-ever 300 game during the Marengo Regional Jan. 16, taking second place with a six-game series of 1,451 and advancing to sectionals in the process. His series average totaled an impressive 242.  […]

Woodstock High School beat cross-town rival Woodstock North 49-37 Jan. 15, coming out on top after a hard-fought game at WHS’ Shipley Gymnasium. Blue Streaks coach Al Baker was happy with the outcome of the game as well as the energy of the crowd.  “It was a very competitive game in a terrific atmosphere,” Baker said. […]

Six days a week, the Woodstock co-op boys swim team is at it, practicing constant repetition, laps and strokes, breathing and rhythm. The 16-member team, made up of swimmers from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools, practices all winter in the warmth and humidity of WNHS’ pool facilities, where the athletes work on endurance and improving […]