Video games led Kendra Hayden to the sport of wrestling. Homewood-Flossmoor’s sophomore 190-pounder is an athlete. She swims and plays water polo. But she’d never stepped on a mat before last summer. Hayden developed a friendship with Aleksia Ramirez, an accomplished wrestler from Lakewood, Washington, over online gaming. She needed[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
H-F pulls away from LWC late behind Cade, Hawkins
Tempo is everything in the game of basketball. Some teams want to push it while others play better slowing it down. Homewood-Flossmoor allowed visiting SouthWest Suburban Conference rival Lincoln-Way Central to dictate the speed of play for much of a Feb. 3 game. That turned around in the fourth quarter.[Read More…]
Emotion-fueled H-F secures conference crown
Ihuoma Ozoh shed a few tears. Homewood-Flossmoor’s January 27 game with Lockport was senior night for the Vikings. Ozoh and Aunyai Deere were honored before the game, taking pictures with family and then the rest of the team before heading back to the bench to start the game. That’s when[Read More…]
H-F’s Green named ITCCCA 3A coach of the year
Homewood-Flossmoor girls track coach Tywon Green was honored by the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association at the organization’s annual clinic Jan. 9 in Itasca. He was named the Class 3A Women’s Coach of the Year after leading the Vikings to the state championship last spring. “The last three[Read More…]
Robinson named sprinter of the year by state track coaches
(Note: This story was updated at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21.) Homewood-Flossmoor senior sprinter Mariyah Robinson was named the female sprinter/hurdler of the year by the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association at the organization’s annual clinic Jan. 9 in Itasca. Last spring, she won both the 200 and[Read More…]
Hawkins, host H-F top Mount Carmel in MLK event
It was good for Darrius Hawkins Jr. to see the game from an unusual angle. Homewood-Flossmoor’s sophomore point guard missed the end of a loss to Thornton and two more games with a leg injury last week. He spent the time on the sideline trying to think like a coach[Read More…]
Pratt doing it all for Vikings
Xavier Pratt is healthy. That’s not something the three-sport sophomore has been able to say a lot during his time at Homewood-Flossmoor. He missed almost all of the last wrestling season with an injury. The Vikings tight end was ready to go for football season, only to injure his shoulder[Read More…]
H-F boys wrestling hosts Mega Duals, gets reps in
The wrestling calendar is moving quickly toward the postseason. With that in mind, Homewood-Flossmoor boys wrestling hosted its Mega Duals Jan. 17, inviting Downers Grove South, Glenbard West, Niles West, Stagg and Hampshire to the school’s gym. The Vikings topped Stagg 46-20 but lost to Glenbard West 44-29 and Downers[Read More…]
Williams’ role expanding for H-F girls basketball
Laila Williams can hit the three. But she’s ready to do more for Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball and, by all accounts, she’s capable. “Shooting is a big part of my game, but I do have the freedom to attack the gaps if I need to or find the open person,” Williams[Read More…]
Junior Cade leads shorthanded H-F to conference win
Jeff Cade II found out he would be starting only the night before Homewood-Flossmoor’s game against Lincoln-Way East on Jan. 9 in the south gym. The junior guard’s been a role player so far this season, providing a little scoring punch off the bench. But minor injuries forced the Vikings[Read More…]
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