Schulze switches black and teal for the red and white of ISU Redbirds By Juel Mecklenburg news@thewoodstockindependent.com Fullfilling a goal she’s had since middle school, Devynn Shulze, a senior at Woodstock North High School, has committed to play Division I volleyball at Illinois State University. At the age of 10, Schulze started playing volleyball as […]
After two years without competition due to the pandemic, the Woodstock School District 200 Special Olympics team made it back to the Illinois Summer Games, earning seven gold, six silver, and two bronze medals, and two ribbons. Special Olympics athletics director Jennifer Moskowitz said her veteran group really missed the state event and the time […]
Grace Beattie started her cross- country career at Illinois State University as a walk-on. But the Woodstock graduate finished her career with her name etched with the best of the best Lady Redbirds. In 2019, Beattie, the fourth of the Beattie sisters to run NCAA Division I cross-country and the fifth sibling overall to do […]
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