Jacob Waryck, like most athletes, realizes that many people helped him to develop into a college football player. None more than his mother, Amanda Luebbers. The love and extreme adoration […]
Not all of the men’s swimming teams in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin were competing, but Woodstock North graduate Nick Phillips, an Augustana College junior swimmer, likes the […]
Peter Walsdorf’s next goal: enter the 23’s for 8,000 meters. The Marian Central Catholic graduate, a Woodstock resident, has already run 24 minutes, 17.1 seconds this year. Most recently, the […]
Not many athletes get an opportunity to play college football. Far fewer get a chance to play in a bowl game. Thus far, Thor Paglialong, a Marian Central Catholic graduate […]
In Jacob Waryck’s own words: The only thing that is better than sacking a quarterback is scoring a touchdown. If the Woodstock graduate, who now suits up for Concordia University-Wisconsin, […]
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