Maggie Schneider, Algonguin, is a senior at Marian Central Catholic High School. She is the daughter of Amy and John Schneider. In the top 10% of her class, Maggie […]
Marian Central Catholic High School has a team heading up the school’s wrestling program. Jordan Blanton and Ryan Prater, two men familiar with one another, were introduced last week at […]
Two accomplished wrestlers and former teammates at the University of Illinois were announced Thursday as the new leadership team for the wrestling program at Marian Central Catholic High School. At […]
Lucca Kenyon mimicked the popular video on the Internet, where the little girl yells to her father, “Worry about yourself,” when she was trying to buckle her seatbelt. The Marian […]
Eve Meintz was recruited by Benedictine University as a soccer player. The Marian Central Catholic grad and Huntley resident finished as not only an all-conference soccer player, but a conference […]
For Marian Central Catholic High School alumnus Cody O’Neill, his new position as Marian’s athletic director feels “a bit like coming home.” “Everything has come full circle,” O’Neill said. The […]
Patrick Brunken, who recently completed his lacrosse career and graduated from Benedictine University, might not remember the speech that Rocky Balboa gave to his son. But the Marian Central Catholic […]
Multi-sport athletes in high school, especially at a small high school, are common. In college, it is extremely rare, except with something like track and cross-country, where the activity only […]
Two local high school students began a much-needed business that is thriving. Declan Pivnicka and Joe Weinberger, seniors at Marian Central Catholic High School, started a business in May 2021 […]
Academically, Marian Central Catholic High School graduate and Marengo native Abigail Jones might have the right idea. At the University of Mary, and before that at Loyola University, the two-sport […]
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