Numbers aren’t quite what they were before COVID-19 for Homewood-Flossmoor Swim Club, but they’re getting there. If recent results are any indication, similar success should be on the horizon, as well. “We were out of the pool for two years,” said Chris Baker, who’s coached H-F Swim for 18 years.[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
Pair of H-F grads drafted into Major League Baseball
South Suburban baseball fans will see a couple of familiar faces in the professional ranks soon after a pair of Homewood-Flossmoor High school players were picked in the early rounds of this week’s Major League Baseball draft. Outfielder and recent H-F graduate Dillon Head was picked 25th overall by the[Read More…]
Waller is Marian’s first state champ since 2010
Braydon Waller was always fast. Despite that fact, he didn’t run track until his junior year at Marian Catholic. Even after he came out for the team in March of 2022, his training wasn’t like most of the sprinters he competed against. His natural talent was still enough to earn[Read More…]
H-F sports wrap: Track highlights Vikings season
The boys track state championship was the highlight of spring sports for Homewood-Flossmoor High School, but the girls team’s sectional title was another peak as the Vikings head into summer. The H-F girls track squad controlled the Thornton sectional, winning with 136 team points including eight individual event titles. Kenwood[Read More…]
H-F’s 8-man army leads charge to boys track state title
They call themselves the eight-man army. Homewood-Flossmoor’s sprinters were on the front lines for the boys track team all season. When the heat was on, they delivered the Vikings a Class 3A state championship. “They were incredibly special. I think you could probably count on one hand how many teams[Read More…]
20 H-F athletes sign to play college sports
Chidera Ozoh dabbled in volleyball as an eighth grader. She didn’t take the sport seriously until her freshman year. Even when she did begin playing the sport competitively, the Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior admits she wasn’t the best. But she put in the work, took advantage of her natural gifts[Read More…]
H-F grad Schmitz drafted by NFL’s New York Giants
A former Homewood-Flossmoor High School football player is being called one of the steals of the NFL draft. The New York Giants picked John Michael Schmitz in the second round. He was the first center taken with the 57th overall pick. He’ll report to rookie mini camp May 4. “It[Read More…]
Youth football and cheer programs merge
The area’s two youth football and cheerleading programs are merging, the Homewood-Flossmoor Junior Vikings and Kings announced April 12. The new organization will be called the Homewood Flossmoor Youth Football and Cheerleading Club. “The biggest reason to do this was to combine resources,” HFYFCC President Martez Harding said. “Now we[Read More…]
Tate is the leader on and off the field for H-F softball
Homewood-Flossmoor softball player Morgan Tate has a natural maturity about her, Coach Corinne Zimmerman said. It’s easy to see that while talking to the senior first baseman. Tate knows exactly where she gets it, too. “It’s my parents (Shaun and Tiffani),” she said. “They always instilled in me to keep[Read More…]
Ballard’s bat provides key spark for H-F baseball
The last couple of seasons, Jason Ballard had to fight for at-bats. He usually found himself toward the bottom of the Homewood-Flossmoor lineup, so he was just trying to get on base, move runners along and set the table for the older run producers at the top. Now a senior,[Read More…]
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