It started with an open mic night at The Tin Ceiling Tavern in 2014. Not My Dad wasn’t yet fully formed and could play just six songs, but they knew they had something. “It took us a full summer to hammer out those six songs,” Jon Elfner said. “I really[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
H-F boys hoops team wins conference, primed for postseason
Vikings to leave Big Dipper for Pontiac It was Valentine’s Day, so before the home game with Lincoln-Way East the Homewood-Flossmoor boys basketball players reached behind their bench and grabbed roses to take to their moms in the bleachers. For a brief moment, a team laser focused on winning another[Read More…]
Freshman Ratliff steals H-F girls basketball’s senior night
A freshman stole the show on senior night. The Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team celebrated its five 12th graders before beating Lincoln-Way West 59-43 in the Feb. 11 regular-season finale. But it was ninth grader Zoey Ratliff who was the story. The Warriors played a 2-3 zone, leaving the wings open.[Read More…]
Anderson, four H-F footballers sign to play in college
Randall McDonald is the kind of kid who seems destined for success. He was the starting quarterback for the Homewood-Flossmoor football team. He owns his own business – RPM Athletic Wear – customizing gear for other athletes. And he’s earned a college scholarship. McDonald signed with the University of Findlay[Read More…]
Howard hoping to make a name for himself on talented Viking team
There were some doubters about the Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys basketball team coming into this season. The Vikings graduated most of the contributors to last year’s Class 4A state title team. Bryce Heard, a blue chip recruit, forewent his senior season to instead head to North Carolina State a year[Read More…]
Taylor, host H-F escape Joliet West in MLK Invite
It’s somebody different almost every night for Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys basketball. For the final game of the Vikings’ home MLK “The Dream Continues” invitational against Joliet West, it was Brent Taylor. With H-F down by two points and less than 10 seconds remaining, he didn’t give up on a[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor hires McAllister as football coach, promotes Nesbit to head girls volleyball coach
Troy McAllister is the new head football coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School after the District 233 school board approved the hire Tuesday. McAllister comes to the Vikings from SouthWest Suburban Conference rival Sandburg, where he was 19-20 over the last four seasons and qualified for the postseason three times. The[Read More…]
H-F boys wrestling ready for postseason after challenging slate
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys wrestling team isn’t interested in easy. The Vikings put together a schedule as difficult as almost any high school in the country. The downhill portion of that included the home Mega Duals Jan. 18, in which H-F won all three of its team events. It[Read More…]
H-F, Dismukes will not cage freshman ‘lion’ Hawkins
Lions don’t belong in a cage. That’s how Homewood-Flossmoor boys basketball coach Jamere Dismukes describes his handling of talented freshman guard Darrius Hawkins. The ninth grader is self-assured. Right now that can sometimes lead to mistakes, but Dismukes is careful not to bottle that. “We’re not going to hurt his[Read More…]
Hart girls hoops teams make runs to state
Both the seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams from James Hart Middle School advanced to the state finals bracket in early December. The eighth grade Panthers finished 16-10, advancing to the third-place game in Class 4A. They beat Phoenix Coolidge and Harvey Brooks, then won 34-29 over Markham Prairie-Hills[Read More…]
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