Academically, Marian Central Catholic High School graduate and Marengo native Abigail Jones might have the right idea. At the University of Mary, and before that at Loyola University, the two-sport athlete earned a double major. She earned one degree in English and one degree in criminal justice. With those two degrees, the recent college graduate […]
As far as baseball players in National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, not many are better than Mason Schwalbach. When you have the distinction of being named an All-American, you have earned that privilege. But, the former Marian Central Catholic baseball player has not only high hopes for himself in 2023, but for the […]
Marilyn Monroe famously said, “Statistics lie.” Not to disagree with the famous beauty queen and movie star, but in the case of Woodstock’s Evan Bridges, they simply reveal the hard work and improvement he has made during his golfing career thus far at Carroll University. But the junior knows he can get better, and he […]
Many, many athletes are probably looking forward to the 2022-23 school year. Maybe none more than Ellie Thurow, a Woodstock North graduate and Coe College junior softball pitcher. This year, the righty was battling injury and only threw 16 2/3 innings. But, in her time on the hill, she allowed only nine hits as her […]
Abby Primus, a Woodstock graduate and St. Norbert College infielder, is one of the best softball players in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. Not only do the coaches at St. Norbert think so, but fellow coaches in the league do as well. Primus, who played all 24 games in league action, finished conference play with […]
Abigail Jones, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and University of Mary distance runner, has won many races during her career. But she may have never won a 3,000-meter steeplechase with the same margin of victory as she did at the Al Bortke Invitational, which was hosted by Dickinson State University. The Mary senior, a Marengo […]
Not many athletes get to end their season with a victory. Even though it was just a dual outing for the St. Norbert College Lady Green Knights, Lucca Kenyon of Woodstock, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, won her final regular season outing, shooting an 87 at the Quit-Qui-OC Golf Club in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The […]
Abby Primus, a Woodstock graduate, has a couple of personal goals to achieve in the sport of softball before she graduates in six weeks from St. Norbert College. Both goals are achievable if she does one thing: hit the ball. At press time, the St. Norbert senior has a career batting average of .399. As […]
With a round of 75, Woodstock High School graduate Evan Bridges finished second in a dual outing between his school, Carroll University, and St. Norbert College. Bridges was only two strokes from the winning score of 73, which was posted by teammate Eric Happ. Still, St. Norbert topped Carroll by eight strokes, winning 303-311. Track […]
While indoor track is not recognized as a separate sport from outdoor track, the Top Times Meet at Illinois Wesleyan University reveals where you are among the best in the state with two months to go in the season. That said, Tim Maidment and Jack Novelle, a pair of Woodstock Blue Streak seniors, have to […]
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