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Reagan Kelly, a Woodstock resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate, has something to build on when Butler University resumes its indoor track season on Jan. 6. At the DePaul University-hosted […]
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Reagan Kelly, a Woodstock resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate, has something to build on when Butler University resumes its indoor track season on Jan. 6. At the DePaul University-hosted […]

Brooke Amann, a Woodstock North graduate, has not only helped Tennessee Tech University win matches, she has helped the Golden Eagles win their last six in a row. The 6-foot-0 […]

Peter Walsdorf’s next goal: enter the 23’s for 8,000 meters. The Marian Central Catholic graduate, a Woodstock resident, has already run 24 minutes, 17.1 seconds this year. Most recently, the […]

Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, had not raced in an 8,000-meter race in nearly a year when he lined up at the starting line at the Mahoney Park […]

Ryan Jones, a Marian Central Catholic High School grad and the rest of the University of Illinois-Springfield cross-country team, started the year with a perfect score at the Prairie Star […]

Brooke Amann, a Woodstock North graduate, is one of those athletes who is taking advantage, the best she can, of the coronavirus. The former Thunder volleyball player is listed as […]

Football Thor Paglialong (Marian Central Catholic) started on the U.S. Air Force Academy’s offensive line as the Falcons downed the University of Nevada 41-39 in double overtime. The Falcons finished […]


Brooke Amann of the Woodstock North High School’s volleyball team is this week’s Athlete of the Week. Brooke led Thunder volleyball to the first regional championship in school history with […]
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