Anna Crenshaw is a junior at Woodstock High School, consistently on the high honor roll. On the girls basketball team, she contributes as a great team player and she leads the Streaks in rebounds. She also runs cross-country and is a thrower on the girls track and field team.
Marian Central senior Charlie Fitzgerald finished the final month of his regular season in stellar fashion. To begin the month, he won the Mid-States wrestling classic held at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. The next week, he took out a top-5 wrestler in the state from Mahomet-Seymour at The Clash tournament in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. To […]
Christian Bentancur, a Marian Central junior, was a repeat, unanimous all-tournament selection at the Jacobs Holiday Tournament in December. He averaged 25 points a game during the tourney. He is our overall leading scorer at 21.3 points a game. CONGRATULATIONS!
Looking for a new home in Woodstock? Good luck. With the closeouts of Apple Creek Estates, the Maples at the Sonatas, and the D.R. Horton Homes in the Sanctuary in Bull Valley, your only hope is to wait for the home that the School District 200 building trades program is constructing at 1550 Sandpiper Lane […]
Woodstock North freshman Isaac Morse was third highest point winner for freshmen in the Boylan Bash Pentathalon, held on Dec. 27, at Rockford Boylan High School. Isaac is a leader and strong swimmer. We look forward to watching him grow and improve in his high school swimming career.
Jovanni is a linch pin for the Woodstock High School wrestling program. As one of the only seniors who has been with the program over the past four years, he has been an integral glue between the new coaching staff, younger wrestlers, and the student body. Jovanni helped recruit new wrestlers from the school […]
Senior Cesar Ortiz helped Woodstock North Varsity Basketball to two recent wins this week. He scored a career high 30 points in a 73 to 65 win over Stillman Valley. Cesar came back the following game and put in 20 in a 61 to 36 win over Genoa Kingston.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Addy Walker is a three -year varsity level swimmer. Since her freshman year at Woodstock High School Addy can be counted on for any event. She has the team’s top times in the 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. She was part of the Fox […]
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