Refreshed Woodstock capitalizes on bye week: McHenry County football notebook

Refreshed. Redeemed. Revitalized.Woodstock’s football team ended the regular season with easily its worst showing in 2026. The Blue Streaks traveled to Richmond-Burton for a Week 9 showdown. An upset of the undefeated Rockets would have given them a share of the Kishwaukee River Conference championship with R-B and Johnsburg.Instead, Woodstock got blown out 49-0, snapping the Streaks’ three-game winning streak and handing them only their second loss of the season. Despite the defeat, with seven wins, they received an opening-round bye and a No. 7 seed in Class 5A.“The off week allowed us to go back and focus on our fundamentals,” sophomore running back/defensive back Nick Morrow said. “We weren’t really focused on a certain team. It felt like we were back at summer camp in a way that we could get into a routine.”The bye week did wonders for Woodstock, which responded by earning the program’s first playoff win in 17 years.The Streaks beat 23rd-seeded Prairie Ridge 35-7 Saturday night at