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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Abby Primus, a Woodstock graduate, is not hitting .400. Yet. But the St. Norbert College senior is creeping toward that impressive batting average. In the first dozen SNC games, the […]
It did not take long for Woodstock graduate CaroleAnn Goglin to figure out the No. 1 rule of college athletics: take care of business in the classroom. Not only is […]
Not many athletes get an opportunity to play college football. Far fewer get a chance to play in a bowl game. Thus far, Thor Paglialong, a Marian Central Catholic graduate […]
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