Even though Liam Mickle’s original college choice to continue his athletic and academic career, Trinity International University, closed its doors as a traditional college in 2023, the Woodstock graduate has something to build on. Mickle is now academically a junior at Aurora University. But, athletically he is going into his second year of football. It […]
Ellie Thurow is 2-for-2, even though the Woodstock North graduate has not logged one plate appearance In the first two Coe College softball games, the coaching staff put the ball in her hands, once as a starter and once in relief. She logged two victories to improve to 2-0 on the young season. The fifth-year […]
Dominique Thomas, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, keeps running fast and adding, or lowering, records. Thomas, a sprinter for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, established a new school record in the 200-meter dash while she was competing at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet, which was held in Allendale, Michigan. She took third overall, running […]
Elon Rodriguez, Marian Central Catholic graduate and University of Wisconsin-Parkside wrestler, ended the 2023 calendar year with an 11-5 record at 133 pounds. The Woodstock resident closed the year with a 4-1 mark at the Jim Koch Open, which was hosted by Wisconsin-Parkside and held at the Frank Petretti Fieldhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In the […]
Peter Walsdorf’s next goal as far as track and field, after the cross-country season the Marian Central Catholic grad had, is most likely running consistently under 30 minutes for 10,000-meters on the track. “I will start my indoor season by the end of the month,” the Kansas junior said. “During outdoor, my focus will most […]
Haley Halsall, a Woodstock North graduate, started her swimming season with a victory. So did her college team, Indiana State University. The Lady Sycamores started the year with a 239-61 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Halsall won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10 minutes, 43.56 seconds. She also scored points in […]
Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Woodstock resident, ran the best 8,000-meter time of his career when it counted most: the Big 12 Conference Championship. The now-University of Kansas junior ran 24 minutes and 5 seconds in the conference meet to take 37th. He ran an average of 4:50.74 a mile on the […]
Sophie Wicker (Woodstock) posted at least 22 digs in each of two Southwestern University matches recently. Unfortunately, Southwestern lost both 3-0. In a loss to Evangel University, Wicker had 26 digs and three assists. She had 22 digs and three assists in a loss to the University of Saint Mary. Southwestern is 9-13 overall and […]
Marian Central graduates Thor Paglialong and Jayden Thiergood and their U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon football team are rising to the top. Even though the Falcons did not have a game on Oct. 7, they managed to crack the NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Series Top 25 in the CBS Poll on Oct. 9, entering at […]
While the sports term “hat trick” is not a term used for football very often, it fits Michael Purkey’s performance against Lakeland College. The Woodstock graduate passed for a pair of touchdowns and rushed for another to lead the Concordia University-Wisconsin to a 31-28 win over Lakeland. The Falcons earned the game-winning points when Purkey […]
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