Regional semifinal wins by Woodstock and Woodstock North High Schools last week created a post-season crosstown showdown. With all the drama of a wild west gunfight, the match Oct. 27 […]
Junior Lexi Hansen is a two-year varsity player. She is an integral part of the 2022 Thunder volleyball team’s 13-1 record. Aside from being a leader on and […]
Brooke Amann, a Woodstock North graduate, is one of those athletes who is taking advantage, the best she can, of the coronavirus. The former Thunder volleyball player is listed as […]
Woodstock High School senior Ryan Steponaitis is preparing for his college career in a sport that he never played in his high school. While men’s volleyball isn’t offered in Woodstock […]
Woodstock High School’s All-Conference volleyball player of the year, Maddie Moan, has committed to play at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A four-year varsity player, Moan had 60 aces, 327 kills, […]
The Woodstock North High School volleyball team ended 2021 in post-season play last week when the Thunder fell to Crystal Lake South in the Class 3A Boylan regional final. The […]
When she was playing volleyball for Marian Central Catholic High School and for Murray State University for that matter, Rachel Giustino had dreams. But, those dreams seldom focused on professional […]
Name a volleyball player in Murray State University history that has more kills and points scored than Marian Central Catholic graduate Rachel Giustino? That answer is very simple, there is […]
Former freshman coach is no stranger to Lady ’Canes program
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