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 […]
Woodstock North graduate Ellie Thurow is working her way to becoming the best softball pitcher in the American Rivers Conference.In addition, the Coe College hurler is helping the Kohawks simply […]
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 […]
Ryan Jones, a Marian Central Catholic High School grad and the rest of the University of Illinois-Springfield cross-country team, started the year with a perfect score at the Prairie Star […]
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 […]
Marilyn Monroe famously said, “Statistics lie.”Not to disagree with the famous beauty queen and movie star, but in the case of Woodstock’s Evan Bridges, they simply reveal the hard work […]
Abigail Jones, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and University of Mary distance runner, has won many races during her career.But she may have never won a 3,000-meter steeplechase with the […]
Abby Primus, a Woodstock graduate, has a couple of personal goals to achieve in the sport of softball before she graduates in six weeks from St. Norbert College.Both goals are […]
With a round of 75, Woodstock High School graduate Evan Bridges finished second in a dual outing between his school, Carroll University, and St. Norbert College.Bridges was only two strokes […]
Evan Bridges, a Woodstock graduate and Carroll University junior golfer, continues to drop his stroke average.He saved his best for last. In the last round of the fall months, he […]
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