Homewood-Flossmoor volleyball senior Na’imah and sophomore Cherron Calhoun started talking about this volleyball season a while ago. The sisters didn’t grow up playing together. They didn’t really grow up playing at all. Na’imah donned her first set of knee pads as a freshman, Cherron as a seventh grader. But they’ve[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
Vikings rally to defeat Naperville North 24-10
A team can go one of two ways after a major injury. Homewood-Flossmoor’s junior tight end Martez Harding had an apparent lower body injury Friday and was taken off the field in an ambulance. At that point in the game, visiting Naperville North had all the momentum. The Huskies just[Read More…]
‘Mouse’ in the house for H-F flag football
Few people know Kaila Green. “Mouse,” on the other hand, is starting to make a name for herself on the flag football field for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. “Kaila doesn’t exist,” Green said. “My family don’t even call me Kaila. Kaila doesn’t exist.” The nickname evolved from “Squirrel,” a moniker Green[Read More…]
H-F volleyball back on track with win over St. Laurence
A home win over St. Laurence on Sept. 16 felt like a turning point for the season, Homewood-Flossmoor girls volleyball players said. The team was coming off a disappointing trip to Downers Grove South for the Denise Kavanaugh Invitational. The Vikings finished in eighth place in Dupage County, going 1-4. [Read More…]
Koprowski captures three turnovers in H-F football rivalry win
They say good players tend to find themselves in the right position to make big plays. Homewood-Flossmoor football coach Troy McAllister says Ryan Koprowski might be his team’s best football player, and that axiom proved true Friday night. The sophomore linebacker personally made three turnovers – two fumble recoveries and[Read More…]
Despite late TD, H-F flag football falls short against Bradley-Bourbonnais
Sometimes a single play is more important than the final score. Homewood-Flossmoor flag football trailed Bradley-Bourbonnais 13-0 with only three seconds on the clock in the fourth quarter on Aug. 28. The ball was on the Boilermakers 7-yard line. It was only the second game for the Vikings, who didn’t[Read More…]
Nesbit, H-F girls volleyball setting a foundation
Homewood-Flossmoor girls volleyball has homework between practices this season. New coach Nate Nesbit asked the Vikings to pick up a copy of The Champion Teammate by Jerry Lynch and John O’Sullivan. They read a chapter at home and then discuss it after practice. The book reflects what he wants H-F[Read More…]
H-F flag football program begins this fall; Vikings invited to Bears training camp
Everything about flag football is new for almost everyone involved. For the coaches, for the players, for Homewood-Flossmoor High School, even for the state, the sport is new. So far, though, Vikings Coach Walter Collins said there’s a lot of enthusiasm around his team. “Everybody saw the need because there’s[Read More…]
Ellis healthy and ready for H-F football: Senior to be an offensive weapon for the new-look Vikings
A major sports injury can sometimes be a bigger hurdle mentally than physically. Myles Ellis made sure that wasn’t the case for him. The Homewood-Flossmoor senior receiver broke his ankle in the final game of his junior season. The setback forced the three-sport athlete to miss all of the last[Read More…]
A new era of H-F football begins under McAllister
Things are a little bit different around the Homewood-Flossmoor football program. Troy McAllister is in his first season at the helm of the Vikings’ longship so the aim this summer was to lay the foundation for a program that wasn’t in a bad place, he said, but needs to be[Read More…]
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