Woodstock High School alum, state champ and former WHS teacher and coach Mike Brasile will return home from Hampshire to lead the Streaks’ football program in the fall. Brasile officially […]
When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played the Green Bay Packers Dec. 3 at Lambeau Field for a regular-season matchup, the game was anything but ordinary for Mike Liedtke. The 25-year-old […]
With the weather getting colder, it might be a good thing that the football season is over because even in the most frigid weather, Woodstock North High School’s head varsity […]
WHS begins search for new head coach After three years of heading up the Woodstock High School varsity football team, Tommy Thompson announced his resignation as head coach of the […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School football team lost 22-10 to Sterling High School Nov. 11 in an IHSA Class 5A quarterfinal match-up. A strong defensive effort by the Hurricanes […]
The odds were drastically stacked against Woodstock North High School going into the first round playoff game against the Lemont Indians, but giving up is not found anywhere in the […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School football team defeated 9-0 Antioch High School 31-9 Oct. 27 to advance to the second round of the IHSA Class 5A playoffs. The Hurricane […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School boys football team qualified for the IHSA Class 5A state playoffs this past weekend with a 44-21 victory over the Saint Patrick High School […]
North loses quarterback Mergl to serious injury “I’m heartbroken,” said Woodstock North High School head football coach Jeff Schroeder after his team’s 21-0 victory over the Woodstock Blue Streaks Oct. 13 […]
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