The Parker Junior High 8th grade boys track team secured the program’s first-ever Class 4A state championship last weekend at East Peoria High School. The Falcons finished with 47 team points, 16 ahead of second-place Winston Junior High from Palatine. Myles Ellis was the champion in the 400-meter dash and[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
Vikings finish second again at girls track state meet
The Homewood-Flossmoor girls track team was runner up at the Class 3A state meet last week at Eastern Illinois University. It’s the second time in as many seasons that the Vikings were one spot short of a championship. “As a program and as a staff, we know how difficult it[Read More…]
Edison turns the light on for H-F girls track and Vikes head to state
Alex Edison is aiming high. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior will lead the Vikings girls track team into the state championship this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. “I’m planning on being on the podium for everything,” Edison said. “I want to win state for the[Read More…]
Robinson, H-F bring in the new baseball facility with a bang
Homewood-Flossmoor opened its new baseball facility last week. (David P. Funk/H-F Chronicle) Shai Robinson made the first game on Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s upgraded baseball field a memorable one. With a runner on first and the Vikings down a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, the senior shortstop launched[Read More…]
Sophomore is on the Marks for H-F basketball
Lee Marks III is playing a prominent role for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys basketball team this year. It’s something the sophomore has been preparing for since he was little. “I remember I liked the game when I was like four,” the 6-foot-5 Vikings guard said. “I’ve played a lot[Read More…]
Sports: H-F boys basketball holds off Bradley-Bourbonnais in overtime thriller
Luis Acevedo missed a few open shots in the second half of Homewood-Flossmoor’s close game with South West Suburban Conference foe Bradley-Bourbonnais Friday, Jan. 7. Still, when he got his chance to put his team in front late in a close game, he didn’t hesitate. “I was off the whole[Read More…]
Depleted H-F wrestling roster shows well at top-tier event in Indiana
Homewood-Flossmoor 220-pounder Justin Thomas stands atop the podium after winning the Carnahan Invite Saturday in Crown Point, Indiana. (David P. Funk/H-F Chronicle) It wasn’t what it maybe could have or should have been, but a Homewood-Flossmoor roster depleted by non-Covid illness had a respectable showing at the Carnahan Memorial Invitational[Read More…]
H-F grad Pauling playing with Cincinnati during historic football season
Will Pauling, a 2021 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, is now playing football for the University of Cincinnati. His parents Gerald and Eugenia Pauling of Flossmoor joined him after the university won the AAC Championship game over the University of Houston. (Provided photo) Will Pauling was shaking a little bit[Read More…]
Viking girls put their names on the dotted line
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Anderson commits to Indiana college as H-F volleyball postseason approaches
It was the ice cream that won Bianca Anderson over. When the Homewood-Flossmoor senior volleyball player took a visit to the University of Southern Indiana, some of the Screaming Eagles took her out for a cold treat. “I was already getting to know them,” she said. “It was just how[Read More…]