Ellie Thurow, a Woodstock North graduate, and the Coe College softball team are happy to be home. Not only are they home, but the coming three games against Hiram College will also be the most important games of the year as they play in the NCAA Division III Super Regional. The venue will be Clark […]
On the track, the 10,000-meter run is 25 laps long. But when University of Kansas freshman Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, was circling the track at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in the Big 12 Conference Finals, he was not focused on the numerous laps involved with the race. “I wanted to […]
Evan Bridges, a Carroll University golfer and Woodstock graduate, progressively got better and better with each passing round at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championships. The Pioneers’ senior, who will play his final outings of collegiate golf in the fall months of this year, finished fifth in his final conference championship. His 222 […]
It is not quite conference time for Evan Bridges and his fellow Carroll University golfers, but it is getting closer with each passing day. And the Woodstock graduate is getting ready with some tune-up outings. He recently finished in the top 10 at two 18-hole outings. At the Lake Forest College-hosted Spring Invitational, Bridges shot […]
As far as Meghan Nixon goes, there is no such thing as a sophomore slump. Sophomore success is more like it. Especially at the dish. The Augustana College Lady Vikings’ middle infielder, a Woodstock graduate, has increased her batting average by 132 points over what it was at the end of her freshman season of […]
Woodstock North graduate Ellie Thurow is working her way to becoming the best softball pitcher in the American Rivers Conference. In addition, the Coe College hurler is helping the Kohawks simply run away with the league title. Thurow is currently 7-1, and the Lady Kohawks are 7-1 in the league, having played more league games […]
Putting the ball in Kevin Blaz’s capable hands would be a good bet if you are looking for a lacrosse win at Lewis University. Thus far this year, the Lewis University lacrosse team has won seven games and lost four. Of those seven victories, the 6-foot-1 junior midfielder, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, has scored […]
Mason Schwalbach, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and McHenry resident, is picking up where he left off a year ago. And then some. The McHenry County College sophomore, who hit .408 a year ago as he earned National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American status, is hitting .480 through 16 games this season. The […]
With one swing of the softball bat, Augustana College’s Meghan Nixon, a Woodstock graduate, put the Lady Vikings first run on the board. Not only that, she gave them the lead for good in a 7-1 win over Hanover College. Nixon finished 2-for-3, both were singles. She singled to left in the second inning and […]
There is probably a stronger group of pitchers than at Coe College, but with three of strong hurlers, including Woodstock North graduate Ellie Thurow, Coe has rolled to 11 victories. And the threesome has been defeated only three times. Overall, Coe is 13-3. Thurow, now in her senior season, has a 4-1 mark. In her […]
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