Not dead, but “resting.” That’s how the Board of Education last week left the idea of combining the athletic programs of the two high schools in Woodstock School District 200. […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com All three Woodstock-area high schools – Marian Central Catholic, Woodstock, and Woodstock North – participated in the McHenry County Track & Field Championships April 21 at Richmond-Burton […]
Cold temperatures, wind and even snow has become the norm for the spring 2022 sports season, and all of those conditions combined to add drama to the girls crosstown soccer […]
For its commitment to music education, Woodstock School District 200 has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The […]
Brett Neuhart is a freshman tennis player at Woodstock High School. Earning a spot as the team’s best singles player, he started the season 2-0 with victories over Belvidere and […]
MAEVE GROSS Maeve Gross is a freshman at Woodstock High School. She is the daughter of Doug and Joanna Gross. She participates in the choral program and Green Club. […]
With foreboding prophecies of doom, what will become of the Renaissance-era Kingdom of Arcadia? Our lips are sealed, but audience members can find out on opening night of “Head Over […]
Any momentum that combining athletic programs at Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools might have had hit a wall last week when the results of a public survey were announced. […]
The consistently soggy conditions in March and early April have presented a challenge for many high school sports this spring, and softball is among those at the top of the […]
Sixty-one percent of nearly 3,000 survey responses voted against a merger of sports programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North High School. The matter was not scheduled for a vote at […]
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