No one was picking the 7 – 2 Woodstock Blue Streaks to beat the 3 – 7 Prairie Ridge Wolves despite their historically bad season. The pundits all thought that PR, riding a 3 game winning streak after starting 0 – 7 had righted the ship and gave the Streaks no chance against their former […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 Woodstock High School has inducted four new individuals to the Blue Streaks Athletics Hall of Fame for their outstanding contributions to Blue Streaks sports. This year’s inductees include coach and state champion football player Mike Brasile, veteran coach and multisport athlete Tom Mitchell, multisport football MVP Mason Sutter, and pioneering […]
The Woodstock Blue Streaks had a lot of things in their favor as they approached the finale of homecoming festivities Sept. 9. After a week of spirit activities, the student body enjoyed a rousing outdoor pep rally and parade. With temperatures in the upper 60s Friday evening, the hometown crowd gathered under a full moon […]
Current and former Blue Streaks as well as the general public are invited to help Woodstock High School celebrate its 100th anniversary of the South Street building next month. The building at 501 W. South St. was built in 1921, but organizers last year pushed the celebration into the 2022-23 school year to avoid potential […]
Ryan Starnes, a longtime basketball assistant at Huntley High School, has been hired as head coach of the Woodstock High School boys’ basketball program. Starnes, who teaches social studies at Marlowe Middle School in Huntley, said he was excited about the opportunity to lead the varsity Blue Streaks. Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education […]
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 […]
Despite the added hype of a pre-game pep assembly and parade, the Woodstock Blue Streaks fell to the Kaneland Knights 42-7 on homecoming last Friday. The Knights took control early, scoring twice in the first quarter for an early 14-0 lead. A Kaneland interception with just over two minutes left in the first quarter ended […]
The Blue Streak boys headed into the Belvidere regionals as an undefeated team, but they met their match in the Crystal Lake Central Tigers. A second-place finish against this tough team, however, was almost as good as first, and they still qualified to move on to sectionals. Senior Aidan Schleutermann stepped up his game, besting […]
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