The District 161 Board of Education recognized Parker Junior High’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team for playing in the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) state tournament. The 2023-24 season was the first time Parker’s seventh-grade team qualified for state. On Jan. 22, Parker defeated defending state champions Markham Prairie Hills 47-40[Read More…]
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Successful winter for H-F Swim Club
Homewood-Flossmoor Swim Club is continuing to grow and beginning to experience levels of success the youth team has not seen since before the pandemic. The winter was a successful one, coach Chris Baker said. The club had double digit swimmers advance to the regional level and three make the state[Read More…]
H-F softball aiming for a good time this spring
Softball dugouts are not quiet places, but Homewood-Flossmoor’s echoes with laughing, cheering, talking and dancing. The players obviously enjoy playing with each other, and Coach Corinne Zimmerman said that can only be a good thing. “I’ve known most of these girls for a really long time. We all played rec[Read More…]
H-F coach not surprised by state basketball title
Jamere Dismukes knew this team was special pretty early. Last summer, Homewood-Flossmoor won the Nike Chicago Basketball Academy tournament at Whitney Young. The field was loaded, including some of the state’s traditional powerhouses. The Vikings beat Curie, Kenwood Academy and Simeon that week to take the title. What’s more, they[Read More…]
Rodgers wants H-F baseball to be ‘dogs ready to bite’
Marcus Rodgers knows what sort of personality he wants his program to have as he begins his first year at the helm of Homewood-Flossmoor baseball. “What type of dog are you? Are you a lapdog that wants to be petted all day? Or are you a dog ready to bite?[Read More…]
H-F High community celebrates triumphant boys basketball team with state championship trophy ceremony
After the thrill of winning Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s first state basketball championship, the Viking players and coaches had an opportunity Sunday, March 10, to cherish the moment as the H-F community came out to celebrate their achievement. The Vikings prevailed over Normal Community on Saturday night in a 60-48 to[Read More…]
The Weeks | March 10: H-F wins state, Flossmoor parts ways with police chief, Coyote Run tree grant, Bistro re-opens, FVM Trivia Night
THE WEEK > Meetings Homewood School District 153 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the James Hart School media center, 18220 Morgan St. Find the agenda here. Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the village hall committee room, 2800 Flossmoor[Read More…]
H-F wins first state basketball title
Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior Bryce Heard summed up the boys basketball team’s season. “We were ring chasing all year,” Heard said. On Saturday, March 9, the team caught the ring, winning the school’s first state basketball championship with a 60-48 win in the Class 4A title game over Normal Community. [Read More…]
Vikings win tight game Friday, advance to state championship
Giani Cobb’s steal, layup and free throw with a little more than a minute left gave the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings a six-point lead over New Trier, and the Vikings rode the momentum to a 40-35 victory. With the semifinal win, H-F advances to the championship game Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in[Read More…]
H-F punching and counterpunching its ticket to the state finals
Toughness. It’s a word that repeatedly comes up in conversations with and about the Homewood-Flossmoor boys basketball team this season. Second-year coach Jamere Dismukes has a series of “tough man” drills designed to make his players just that during practice. The Vikings demonstrate that toughness on the court, rarely backing[Read More…]
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