Physically, Coe College pitcher Ellie Thurow, a Woodstock North graduate, is at the NCAA Division III World Series for softball in Marshall, Texas. Emotionally and mentally, the former Thunder player is on Cloud Nine. “We won the Super Regional!” the excited hurler exclaimed after pitching and witnessing her Kohawks team dispatch Hiram College in two […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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