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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Just call Woodstock North graduate Haley Halsall a Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference performer. The Indiana State University swimmer in her freshman season with the team earned the distinction after placing […]
Marian Central Catholic graduate Dominique Thomas had the perfect race plan at the perfect venue in front of the perfect crowd. Those three things led not only to victory in […]
In his final outing before the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championships, Marian Central Catholic graduate and Aurora University wrestler Luke Silva was a perfect 3-0. The 174-pound grappler’s […]
Most sprinters spend their entire careers and never get their name etched as a holder of a track and field record. It took Dominique Thomas, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, […]
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