Most people have seen curling played in competition at the Winter Olympics. It’s a fascinating sport with players using brooms to smooth the way for a stone to travel across a rink and slide into a target area. Now the Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena is offering residents the chance to learn[Read More…]
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H-F girls wrestling building a ‘sisterhood’ as program grows
Wrestling rooms can be competitive places. Even within the same team, individuals are often competing for spots. Most drills are one-on-one and a certain level of physicality and conflict is both required and encouraged. Sometimes that can foster difficult conditions for teammates. Homewood-Flossmoor girls wrestling, though, tries to do the[Read More…]
H-F sees six sign to play college sports
Prep athletes in every sport except football recently signed National Letters of Intent to play in college. Homewood-Flossmoor High School celebrated the moment Nov. 13 for six Vikings in the school’s auditorium. “We are extremely proud of you and we are honored to be part of the experience,” Athletic Director[Read More…]
Curling comes to the H-F Ice Arena
Most people have seen curling played in competition at the Winter Olympics. It’s a fascinating sport with players using brooms to smooth the way for a stone to travel across a rink and slide into a target area. Now the Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena is offering residents the chance to learn[Read More…]
Defending state champion H-F hoops not expecting a drop off
This won’t be the same Homewood-Flossmoor boys basketball team that won the Class 4A state championship last winter. Many of the key pieces are gone. Bryce Howard, the blue chip player who everybody knew, graduated early and now plays for NC State. Gianni Cobb is in New York playing at[Read More…]
Coyote Run use breaks record, fees going up
Before the first snowfall Nov. 21, Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor was on track to set a new record after it broke a previous record with 39,528 rounds played this golf season. The old record was 39,120 rounds set in 2021. Tom Denklau, golf course manager, told Homewood-Flossmoor Park[Read More…]
Homewood resident Cage, Marist win 4A volleyball state title
Marist knew they could do it, even if few outsiders did. The RedHawks were supposed to lose during several legs of the Class 4A postseason bracket but never did. They defied the doubters, all the way up to and including a 2-1 win over Benet Academy Nov. 16 at CEFCU[Read More…]
H-F’s Special Olympics soccer teams take first, third place
Homewood-Flossmoor High School fielded two teams in the state Special Olympics soccer tournament, and both came home with honors. The white team won first place and the red team won third place in competition Nov. 2 in Schaumburg. The teams each have eight players who are supported by Unified partners,[Read More…]
Homewood resident Cage making volleyball run with Marist
Cassidy Cage was always tall. The Marist junior volleyball player is 6-foot-2 now, and only ever knew being able to see over the crowd. “I’ve always been the tallest but I hit a really big growth spurt during quarantine. That’s where I hit 6-foot,” she said. “I just grew a[Read More…]
H-F volleyball wins first regional title since 2019
The regional final on Oct. 31 was the right time for Frances Smith to come through, but that’s just what she does for Homewood-Flossmoor girls volleyball. A year ago, the Vikings senior had 132 kills. This season she was asked to take a different role, one that garnered a little[Read More…]
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