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…]
Author: David P. Funk
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
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…]
A diamond on the pitch: Faoro returns from baseball to lead H-F soccer
Charlie Faoro was nervous before coming to a soccer team workout this summer. The Homewood-Flossmoor senior had stayed away from soccer for two years. He didn’t even kick a ball around with friends during that time. Predictably, that first workout was rough. “I didn’t want to embarrass myself,” Faoro said.[Read More…]
H-F senior Thomas moved from practice squad to Vikings’ No. 2
Tyler Thomas didn’t use the pandemic as a vacation. When schools and businesses shut down, the Homewood-Flossmoor senior golfer found himself with a lot of extra time. So he and his dad, Chucky, started going every day to Jackson Park Golf Course in Chicago. He’d spend up to 12 hours[Read More…]
H-F boys, girls dominate home meet
(Updated at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 23) Nobody was supposed to be trying to break records at the Vikings’ home invite on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Somebody forgot to tell H-F’s top runners, though. In the boys race, Habtamu Epley, Dane Ivancevic and Denzel Lee finished 1-2-3 and each notched personal bests.[Read More…]
Schoen sweats the small stuff in all the right ways for H-F
Caroline Schoen is all about the details. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior paces the girls cross country team in large part because she cares a lot about the small stuff.


