In the last six matches, not only has McHenry County College won, but they have bested each opponent by 3-0 scores. That blanking of other teams drive started with a victory over Southwestern Michigan College and a double-double by Dundee Crown graduate Courtney Komperda, a Woodstock resident. She finished with 21 assists and 12 digs. […]
Jack Hayden helps Benedictine University to 3-1 record Jack Hayden, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, has been busy. Real busy. Especially behind the line of scrimmage. The Woodstock resident, now a junior at Benedictine University, has helped his team post a 3-1 mark through the first four football games. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound defensive lineman has […]
Michael Purkey, a Woodstock graduate and Concordia University-Wisconsin senior, passed for three touchdowns, all in the first half of the Falcons first game, a 55-14 drubbing of the Martin Luther College Knights. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback completed 17-of-27 passes, three of which were touchdown strikes, for 186 yards. At the 11:53 mark of the first […]
When Patrick Brunken, a graduate of Marian Central Catholic High School, hung up his Benedictine University lacrosse jersey last year, he thought his career was over. That was until the Quincy University lacrosse Coach Eric Ruppel and Brunken’s younger brother, Matthew, came calling. The younger Brunken brother, a QU freshman on the lacrosse team, and […]
Ryan Jones, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Marengo native, is extremely happy. He could be even happier after next year’s cross-country season. The University of Illinois-Springfield runner, who is listed as a junior on the roster, helped the Prairie Fire take sixth in the recent NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships. He was […]
One of the finest cross-country and track careers at Utah State University officially ended on Wednesday night. Woodstock graduate Luke Beattie had an opportunity to compete at the NCAA Division I West Regional, which was held at E. B. Cushing Stadium and hosted by Texas A&M University. He finished the 10,000-meter race in 29 minutes, 53.09 seconds. […]
Woodstock graduate Jeni Crain’s basketball career is on hold. So is her education for the time being. The Augustana College graduate, who spent the past six months in Great Britain taking classes for her law degree, is traveling home. Her basketball season in England has been canceled because of COVID-19. But she, like American college […]
Even with his career ending one outdoor track season early at Benedictine University, Marian Central Catholic graduate Ryan Di Pietro helped the Eagles win a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference team title. As a senior, he earned the right to call himself an individual conference champ as the Eagles won the 1,600-meter relay indoors. As the sun […]
Jacob Schmitt went from Woodstock North, to the University of Wisconsin-Stout as a football walk-on, to the scout team player of the year in two years and, finally, to Saturday gridiron games and a position on the field. As a senior, he played in all 10 games and finished with 39 total tackles. Of his […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
