High school girls in Illinois will get a chance to play under the lights this fall after a recent announcement from Illinois High School Association that girls flag football will […]
By Julian Senn-Raemontnews@thewoodstockindependent.com Local teenage rock-band sensation Mixtape fireballed through Jimmy Eat World’s classic tune “The Middle” as classmates filed into Marian Central’s Landers gymnasium.The drumswere booming and the guitars threatened […]
Ellie Thurow is 2-for-2, even though the Woodstock North graduate has not logged one plate appearance In the first two Coe College softball games, the coaching staff put the ball in […]
Winning is fun, and the Creekside seventh-grade girls basketball team had a lot of fun this season, highlighted by winning the end-of-season Fox Valley Conference tournament.“It was a very special […]
Boys BasketballWoodstock Blue Streak senior Spencer Cullum was named Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Among his accomplishments, the 6-foot, 6-inch senior scored more than 1,000 career […]
Dominique Thomas, a Marian Central Catholic graduate, keeps running fast and adding, or lowering, records. Thomas, a sprinter for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, established a new school record in the 200-meter […]
The Marian Central Catholic Hurricanes have won state championships before. But never in the sport of wrestling. Until Saturday. They now have an Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Championship […]
Marian Central Catholic freshman Jimmy Mastny will probably not work by the hour when he gets a full-time job in a few years. He certainly likes to end it quickly on […]
Boys BasketballFeb. 8 – Marian (6-22) defeated Timothy Christian (9-19) 71-63. Feb. 10 Marian (6-23) fell to Bishop McNamara (17-8) in a close game 73-71 in the Chicagoland Christian Conference Tournament. Feb. […]
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