Peter Walsdorf’s next goal as far as track and field, after the cross-country season the Marian Central Catholic grad had, is most likely running consistently under 30 minutes for 10,000-meters on the track. “I will start my indoor season by the end of the month,” the Kansas junior said. “During outdoor, my focus will most […]
It is not quite conference time for Evan Bridges and his fellow Carroll University golfers, but it is getting closer with each passing day. And the Woodstock graduate is getting ready with some tune-up outings. He recently finished in the top 10 at two 18-hole outings. At the Lake Forest College-hosted Spring Invitational, Bridges shot […]
Putting the ball in Kevin Blaz’s capable hands would be a good bet if you are looking for a lacrosse win at Lewis University. Thus far this year, the Lewis University lacrosse team has won seven games and lost four. Of those seven victories, the 6-foot-1 junior midfielder, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, has scored […]
There is probably a stronger group of pitchers than at Coe College, but with three of strong hurlers, including Woodstock North graduate Ellie Thurow, Coe has rolled to 11 victories. And the threesome has been defeated only three times. Overall, Coe is 13-3. Thurow, now in her senior season, has a 4-1 mark. In her […]
Isabelle Halsall, a Woodstock North graduate, helped the St. Norbert College Lady Green Knights end Carthage College’s streak of victories in the Wisconsin Private School Championships. The Redmen, who had won the women’s team title each year since 2009, lost the 2023 battle by 18 points in the final weekend of January. St. Norbert scored […]
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 University of Kansas Jayhawk sophomore solidly broke into the 24’s again, running a 24:38.6 for the 8,000-meter race at the Weis-Crockett Invitational, which was held […]
Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, had not raced in an 8,000-meter race in nearly a year when he lined up at the starting line at the Mahoney Park Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb. It is fair to say with a personal career best time of 24 minutes, 43.7 seconds for the 8,000-meter race […]
Evan Bridges, a Woodstock graduate, could not have started his final season of college golf any better. The Carroll University senior shot a 71 at the Edgewood College Fall Classic, which was sponsored by Culver’s, to win the individual title. The outing, which was held at the Glen Erin Golf Club in Janesville, Wis., was […]
It did not take long for Woodstock graduate CaroleAnn Goglin to figure out the No. 1 rule of college athletics: take care of business in the classroom. Not only is Goglin, a freshman softball player at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, doing that, she is doing it quite well, thank you. During the first semester, Goglin […]
Asked whether he believed that he is helping to put Marian Central Catholic High School on the map as far as distance running, Peter Walsdorf had a very humble answer. “It would take more than just one runner over a long period of time or a superstar that is just out of this world,” the […]
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