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 […]
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 […]
As far as baseball players in National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, not many are better than Mason Schwalbach. When you have the distinction of being named an All-American, […]
Longtime Marian Central Catholic High School athletic director Curtis Price will be be leaving the school to take the same role at his alma mater, St. Rita of Cascia High […]
On May 5, Marian Central Catholic High School announced that Liam Kirwan, a 2013 graduate of the school, would take over as head coach of the football program for the […]
Marian Central Catholic athletes and junior team captains Bella Zecchin and Lily Bures are finishing their second full year of track. Both qualified for state in 2021 and 2022, Bella […]
Bella Zecchin jumped her way to a spot on the podium last weekend at the IHSA Class 2A state finals at Eastern Illinois University. A junior at Marian Central, Zecchin […]
Only four points divided the three Woodstock high schools in the IHSA Class 2A girls track and field sectional May 11 in Mundelein. And all three schools qualified athletes to […]
Liam Kirwan, a graduate and former football player at Marian Central Catholic High School, has been named head coach of the Hurricanes football team. School athletic director Curtis Price said […]
The Marian Central Catholic High School boys tennis “double-brothers” team of senior Patrick Kumm and freshman Thomas Kumm, playing together for the first time ever in a high school-level arena, […]
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