The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has tentative plans for a grand reopening of the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, on Saturday, Feb. 11. Lyndsay Freeman, ice arena director, gave the park commissioners a glimpse of what she has in store to draw the community back to the ice[Read More…]
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Football, baseball highlight slate of college signings for H-F
Homewood-Flossmoor High School saw another crop of future college athletes sign to move on to the next level with a ceremony in the school’s auditorium on the NCAA’s national signing day, Dec. 21. “What a great way to start the holiday season,” Athletic Director Matthew Lyke told the student athletes[Read More…]
Robinson pushing past disappointment for H-F wrestling
Winning third place at the Carnahan Invitational is a reason for a lot of wrestlers to celebrate. The Crown Point, Indiana, wrestling tournament has become one of the more respected high school events in the Great Lakes region in recent years. Homewood-Flossmoor’s Jaydon Robinson wasn’t happy with that Dec. 17[Read More…]
H-F wrestler Johnson aims for a big finish to senior season
There’s only one way Deion Johnson sees himself smiling in February. “It’s my last season. I need to win a state title,” the Homewood-Flossmoor senior said. Johnson, who wrestles at 113 pounds for the Vikings, seems to be headed in the right direction to accomplish that goal. He boasted a[Read More…]
Prairie State men’s soccer wins national title
Prairie State coach Carlos Reyes talked to his team before the NJCAA Division II men’s soccer national championship match against Morton College in Arizona. The Panthers beat Reyes’s Pioneers twice during the regular season, first when they were in a position to win an Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championship and[Read More…]
Wind Creek Chicago Southland partners with Chicago Bulls
Wind Creek Hospitality announced on Thursday, Nov. 17, that it has formed a multi-year partnership with the Chicago Bulls as its official casino. Preparation work for construction started several weeks ago at the casino site in East Hazel Crest and Homewood on Halsted Street just south of Interstate 80/294. “As a new brand[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Marching Band captures state class 3A title for 42nd time
Marian Catholic High School’s Marching Band in late October captured first place in its class at the Illinois State Marching Bands Championship competition held at Illinois State University in Normal. The band received the highest scores in Class 3A for music performance, visual performance and effect, and remains undefeated in[Read More…]
H-F senior Schoen highlights fall season for Vikings
Caroline Schoen didn’t finish her high school cross country career quite like she’d hoped but the Homewood-Flossmoor senior still graduates as a two-time state qualifier with a running resume full of first-place finishes. She finished 42nd in the Class 3A state meet, crossing the finish line in 18 minutes, 37[Read More…]
Baker’s dozen from H-F sign to play sports in college
Homewood-Flossmoor High School got back to normal in a big way on Nov. 9, holding a college signing ceremony for 13 Vikings athletes in the school’s auditorium. It’s the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 that the school held the ceremony in such a big way. During the[Read More…]
Local trio helping Chicago Christian to big season
SPECO. Chicago Christian High School cross country runners write the acronym on their hands before races. It stands for “Spiritual, Passion, Encouragement, Commitment, Optimism.” “(SPECO) is just a reminder of how we prioritize stuff,” junior Grace Mullin said. So far this season, it’s been an effective motivator. The Knights are[Read More…]
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