Only one team ends the season with a smile. Homewood-Flossmoor baseball wasn’t that team this spring. People in and around the Vikings’ program feel like it made a turn in 2026, but the run ended with a 6-2 loss to Lincoln-Way West in the regional championship May 30. “I’m just[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
H-F displays depth as it ties for state title
This one was a little more special. Homewood-Flossmoor repeated its girls track state championship on May 23, and it did so while missing two key athletes. Junior Kaiya Collier and senior Mariyah Robinson, a Florida signee, were each out with injuries. Still, the Vikings scored in 10 different events and[Read More…]
H-F grad, Cowboys receiver Flournoy gives back with camp
There are different ways to make 10. That was Ryan Flournoy’s message to young football players at the Homewood-Flossmoor/Flournoy football camp May 23 at the school’s stadium. His journey to becoming a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys wasn’t direct. Flournoy was a sixth-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.[Read More…]
Errors, lack of timely hitting for H-F on senior night
It wasn’t the senior day Homewood-Flossmoor baseball wanted. Many of the Vikings’ usual starters didn’t see the field until a few innings in because seniors were given a chance to start. Still, H-F did a lot to beat itself in a 7-1 loss to TF South. Coach Marcus Rogers said[Read More…]
LWE too much for shorthanded H-F
The sounds coming out of the Homewood-Flossmoor boys volleyball team weren’t the ones usually heard after a loss. The Vikings were celebrating effort. H-F was shorthanded, missing a couple key contributors in middle blocker Josh Myers and setter Donald Klemick. It was playing a talented Lincoln-Way East team. Despite a[Read More…]
H-F football trio to stay nearby for college
Cam McClellan and Bryce Irving said they wouldn’t be here without a passion for football. The pair of Homewood-Flossmoor football seniors signed their letters of intent to play in college at the school’s May 11 event in the south gym. “It shows the commitment and hard work we put into[Read More…]
Injured Hicks signs to pitch at Claflin
Chris Hicks partially tore his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) during this baseball season. He will need Tommy John surgery. But the Homewood-Flossmoor pitcher was healthy enough to sign his letter of intent to play at Claflin University during the Vikings spring college signing event May 11. “It’s exciting,” he said.[Read More…]
H-F soccer’s Scott signs to Spanish college, club
The unique chance in front of Taj Scott isn’t lost on him. He was by far the furthest traveler at Homewood-Flossmoor’s May 11 college athletic signing event. Scott will study at Universidad Europea de Madrid and play for a Spanish soccer academy. “As long as you have an opportunity and[Read More…]
Dawkins, H-F walk off LWC
Kamari Dawkins stepped out of the batter’s box a few times. Homewood-Flossmoor’s junior catcher was admittedly analyzing the situation a little too much. “My head was just going crazy (during the at bat). I think a lot, I don’t know why,” Dawkins said. “I watched a fastball and I looked[Read More…]
NFL signee, H-F alum Pauling stops by alma mater
Will Pauling came home. Fresh off of signing with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent, the former Notre Dame wide receiver and 2021 Homewood-Flossmoor graduate decided to take in a Vikings baseball game on May 6. “Every time I come back home I make sure to stop[Read More…]
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