Hailey Bowes didn’t get to run in the Hidden Gem last year. A stress fracture forced the Arlington Heights native to skip the race and prepare a little more cautiously this year. It made a positive difference. “I wanted to come back and redeem myself,” she said. “I cross trained[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
Rodgers takes over H-F baseball as McCarthy leaves for Lincoln-Way East
Homewood-Flossmoor High School announced this month the hiring of Marcus Rodgers as varsity baseball coach. He’ll replace John McCarthy, who left for Lincoln-Way East. Rodgers was head coach for the Chicago White Sox Amateur City Elite Program, where he won four MLB RBI World Series titles. Before that, he was[Read More…]
Local youth athletes place at AAU Junior Olympics
Seth Harris isn’t philosophical about track. “I just go out there, and I run fast. If they beat me, then, oh well,” he said. Harris, 13, is going into eighth grade at James Hart School. He’s a hurdler for the Panthers and with Legacy Runners Elite track club based in[Read More…]
H-F Swim Club back on track after pandemic slowdown
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…]
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…]