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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 in the top 16 in not one, not two, but three events. The Sycamore freestyler was also a member of a relay that finished in […]
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 the 200-meter dash, but also to setting a new meet record at the Tierney Classic. “It helped propel me down the last straightaway,” the University […]
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 chosen college was not as fortunate as far as wins. His Spartans emerged victorious over the Augustana College Vikings 25-24, but lost to Elmhurst University […]
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, exactly 7.50 seconds to race into the record books. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sprinter ran that time in the prelims of the 60-meter dash at […]
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