All three girls basketball teams have at least five games under their belt this season, each starting out with Thanksgiving weekend tournaments. Marian Central Catholic and Woodstock North high schools traveled to Elgin to compete in the Harvest Christian Academy tournament. Woodstock High School girls played at the Burlington Central High School tournament. Following is […]
Back-to-back shutout performances from the Marian Central varsity girls soccer team gave them the title in the Class 2A Belvidere North Regional last week.The Lady ’Canes defeated Belvidere 4-0 May 17 and top-seeded Belvidere North 3-0 May 19 to be crowned regional champions. “We had a game plan to impose ourselves defensively against key players […]
For the seniors on Marian Central Catholic High School’s varsity softball team, the final inning of the team’s 11-3 May 17 victory over Benet brought them back to the spring of 2014. During that season, then freshmen varsity players Emily Miller, Ryan Klinger, Madeline Peters and Jacqueline Chmiel played first, second, shortstop and third, respectively, […]
The girls’ track and field teams from Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School competed in a Kishwaukee River Conference meet May 4, the first conference championship for the new KRC conference. WHS ended the meet in second place with 123 points. WNHS finished sixth with 31 points in the meet hosted by Marengo […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School girls tennis team placed 20th at the IHSA Class 1A state tennis championship held at Buffalo Grove High School Oct. 20 to 22. The Lady ’Canes were led by a top-12 doubles finish from seniors Caroline and Cate Yuk, who went 4-6 in the tournament. The Yuks dominated the […]
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