Shortstop Mya Valadez, a senior, keeps her eye on the ball during an H-F softball practice. (Provided photo) You have to get up pretty early in the morning to keep pace with the Homewood-Flossmoor High School girls softball and boys baseball teams. Early: at about 4 a.m. As the regular season beckons for both teams, daily they alternate practices at 5 a.m. with traditional after-school times. The practices, involving more than working on typical softball and baseball skills, include running, stretching and . . .
