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…]
Author: David P. Funk
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…]
Fencing opens ‘whole world’ for H-F grad Rone
Tosan Rone didn’t grow up in fencing. It’s not a sport most kids in the South Suburbs dream about, but after almost a decade in the sport, the 2018 Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate is having international success. When he was a sophomore in high school, a friend convinced him to[Read More…]
H-F wrestling to host invite for girls and boys
Homewood-Flossmoor High School wrestling will host its second-annual invitational tournament July 19. This time it’ll be open to both girls and boys. The girls program started the invite a year ago. Vikings girls coach Scott Aronson said boys coach Jim Sokoloski asked to include boys this summer. Later, they decided[Read More…]
Brown comes home to H-F boys basketball
The chance to come back was too much for Brandin Brown to pass up. Homewood-Flossmoor’s new boys basketball coach graduated from the school in 2007. He spent the last three years as an assistant under Robert Brost at Bolingbrook. He and Brost discussed the idea of Brown someday taking over[Read More…]
Whistlestoppers bringing vintage baseball back this summer
Vintage baseball is back in the South Suburbs and organizers hope it’ll be around a long time. The Flossmoor Whistlestoppers have at least a pair of games scheduled for this summer. The first will be Sunday, June 22, against the Blue Island Brewmasters at their field in Memorial Park. The[Read More…]
Robinson leads H-F girls track to state title
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story published May 21. This version includes information about the Vikings varsity girls track team winning state on Saturday. Mariyah Robinson came through. Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s junior sprinter won the 200-meter dash, the 400-meter dash and ran the anchor leg of[Read More…]
H-F sophomore bringing the Smoke to state
They call him Smoke. It’s a pretty good nickname for a sprinter. Homewood-Flossmoor sophomore Zion Morrison’s mother Senita Patton gave him the moniker. “I used to beat the kids by a lot back when I was younger,” he said. “They would say dust was behind me when I run.” Morrison[Read More…]
Robinson leads H-F girls track to state
Mariyah Robinson prefers to run when it’s a little warmer outside. Homewood-Flossmoor’s junior sprinter got her first chance of the season to race in the sun during the Class 3A Lockport sectional on May 14. The high temperature was 80 degrees, there weren’t many clouds in the sky and Robinson[Read More…]
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