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 […]
Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, had not raced in an 8,000-meter race in nearly a year when he lined up at the starting line at the Mahoney Park Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb. It is fair to say with a personal career best time of 24 minutes, 43.7 seconds for the 8,000-meter race […]
Ryan Jones, a Marian Central Catholic High School grad and the rest of the University of Illinois-Springfield cross-country team, started the year with a perfect score at the Prairie Star Invitational. Jones, who was the caboose on that perfect score, finishing as the fifth runner overall and the UIS fifth runner, hence the perfect team […]
Evan Bridges, a Woodstock graduate, could not have started his final season of college golf any better. The Carroll University senior shot a 71 at the Edgewood College Fall Classic, which was sponsored by Culver’s, to win the individual title. The outing, which was held at the Glen Erin Golf Club in Janesville, Wis., was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Evan Bridges, a Woodstock graduate and Carroll University junior golfer, continues to drop his stroke average. He saved his best for last. In the last round of the fall months, he shot a 71, which was not only the lowest 18-hole round of the year for the junior golfer, but the lowest of his collegiate […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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