Katelyn Jones only knows how to play one position. Homewood-Flossmoor’s sophomore point guard never wanted to be the scorer or the headline-getter, not even when friends encouraged her to look for her own shot a little more. “My role is to get my teammates open, to get them easy baskets,[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
H-F boys wrestling continues to build
Homewood-Flossmoor boys wrestling may be ready to take things up a notch. The roster at the start of this season is 90 wrestlers deep, including a slew of freshmen, Coach Jim Sokoloski said. Wrestling rooms aren’t the biggest ones in the school, so it’s a tight fit. But that’s a[Read More…]
H-F girls wrestling ready for the next step
The Homewood-Flossmoor girls wrestling team isn’t a startup, anymore. The sport is relatively new to the school and state, but the Vikings feel like an established program with a good foundation. “It’s a machine now,” coach Scott Aronson said. “We know what we’re doing it. It’s great.” London Gandy is[Read More…]
H-F boys hoops hope to show off strength in first season under Brown
It’s the first season for Homewood-Flossmoor basketball under coach Brandin Brown and subtle differences are already noticeable. One is the size of the players. Not how tall they are, but how big they are. The Vikings spent the summer in the weight room, and several of them are noticeably broader[Read More…]
H-F girls basketball dreaming big this winter
For the first time in a long time, the Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team has some serious size. The Vikings will have a height advantage over just about every opponent this season. Rich Township transfer Ziko Okolo is 6-foot-1. Returning from injury, Ihuoma Ozoh is even taller at 6-3. Jordyn Williams[Read More…]
H-F athletes sign athletic scholarship letters
Homewood-Flossmoor senior sprinter Mariyah Robinson saw some palm trees as she decided where she’d take her track talents next. The defending 100- and 200-meter dash and 400-meter relay state champion toured multiple warm-weather campuses over the course of her college recruitment. She visited Arizona State, Mississippi State and Arkansas, almost[Read More…]
Blowout win clinches playoff spot for H-F football
The Vikings are back in the postseason. Homewood-Flossmoor secured a playoff spot Oct. 24 with a 50-8 win over visiting Metea Valley in the final regular-season game. H-F missed the postseason last year. “This is amazing. This is a first-time thing for me. Last year, we fell short,” senior linebacker[Read More…]
Inaugural season of flag football a highlight for H-F fall sports
Homewood-Flossmoor flag football was more successful than coaches expected at the start of its inaugural season this fall. In August, Coach Walter Collins Jr. said he’d consider the season a success if everybody finished the year healthy and still with the team. Anything beyond that would be gravy. “Everybody saw[Read More…]
H-F volleyball falls in conference finale to LWE
At some points during this season, Homewood-Flossmoor volleyball has been a little flat. The Vikings are a capable team, playing long stretches of good volleyball against some of the best teams in the area. At others, they struggle to play together and stay focused. “That’s something we’ve seen, something we’ve[Read More…]
Vikings fall to conference, state power LWE
Homewood-Flossmoor football coach Troy McAllister is going to play to win. His Vikings hosted Lincoln-Way East Friday. The Griffins are the undefeated Southwest Valley Blue pacesetters, ranked No. 2 in the Class 8A Associate Press poll. H-F was coming off a pair of conference losses to Neuqua Valley and Sandburg.[Read More…]
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