By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central saluted its senior baseball players, three of whom will be going on to play collegiate baseball next season, recently on senior day. TJ Cutrona opted for Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa, while Jackson Hatfield and Colin Kowalsky will attend St. Norbert College in Green Bay and play baseball. […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com For 30 games this season, a group of 13 seniors led the charge for Woodstock North’s baseball team. The Class of 2026 members did so from off-season workouts until the final out was recorded in a 6-3 Class 3A regional final loss to host Crystal Lake Central May 30. Just afterward, […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North upset St. Viator, and Woodstock and Marian Central both won regional openers in IHSA baseball playoff games. Woodstock defeated Harvard 12-2, and Marian Central defeated St. Edward, 8-0, but both lost in the next round. The 12-16 Thunder squad beat a 24-win St. Viator team, 2-0, in the Class […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North was a determined team heading into the final week of the Kishwaukee River Conference baseball season. The Thunder achieved sole possession of second place in the KRC season with two wins and passed Richmond-Burton with a 10-4 league record with wins of 18-3 and 5-3 over the Rockets. The […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North captured the two games in the baseball crosstown rival series with Woodstock. Marian Central, meanwhile, reached three wins (3-15,3-6 CCC) with a 3-2 Chicagoland Christian Conference win over Northridge Prep May 4. Woodstock North and Woodstock played two entirely different games in town May 4 and 7. The Thunder […]
ByStevePeterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Next week figures to be an important one for the Kishwaukee River Conference standings for both Woodstock and Woodstock North. The two teams collide May 4 at North and May 7 at Emricson Park in WHS’s home game, both starting at 4:30 p.m. Through the first six games of league play, it was […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Led by two seniors who will continue their baseball career in college and a third who will continue to compete in another sport, the Woodstock baseball team is ready to turn the corner for more success. Senior catcher, infielder, and pitcher Sonny Marsella will attend Kishwaukee Junior College in Malta, Ill., […]
Home field advantage was good for the Woodstock Blue Streaks as they began their season with two home games, both victories. The Streaks topped Wauconda 3-0 on March 16 then came back the next day to defeat North Boone 3-2. The second game was tied at two when a walk-off single gave the Streaks the […]
The Phenom Illinois 15U White travel baseball team had a phenomenal end to its summer in the McHenry County Youth Sports Association Summer International Championship at Crystal Lake. According to a news release, the Crystal Lake-based team – including Gavin Loiselle and Clark Shulfer from Woodstock – won the second session 15U title with three […]
Like parents watching their first child cross the stage at graduation, members of the board of directors of Woodstock Avalanche are proud to see many of their 18U players populating the varsity rosters of Woodstock-area high school baseball teams, and a couple of them, for the first year, are even signing to play in college. […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
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