Homewood-Flossmoor High School unified soccer team was welcomed home Saturday afternoon, Nov. 4, after successfully defending their state championship. H-F Principal Clinton Alexander and board member Pamela Jackson were among the crowd cheering the team as the Flossmoor Fire Department vehicles escorted the team bus to the North Building.
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H-F girls soccer team wins first place trophy
Homewood-Flossmoor area girls soccer players captured the first place trophy at the Synergy Give and Go Tournament over the weekend of Sept. 23-25, scoring 27 goals over four matches and allowing the competition to score just two goals. The girls, who attend Western Avenue School, Churchill School and Infant Jesus[Read More…]
Henry and H-F girls golf win regional title
For the first time since 2011, Homewood-Flossmoor girls golf advanced into the second round of the postseason as a team. H-F posted a 341, the low team score, in last week’s Palos Heights regional. Mother McAuley was 23 strokes back in second. Vikings junior Julia Henry was the medalist, shooting[Read More…]
Regional baseball title to Hart
Homewood’s James Hart School Panthers baseball team were regional champions after defeating Flossmoor’s Parker Junior High Falcons team in division play Sept. 20. The score was 2-0. The Panthers advanced to sectional play against Frankfort Hickory Creek in the Illinois Elementary School Association competition, but lost 4-1 in a game[Read More…]
Hart softball team region champions
James Hart School’s girls softball team won the regional championship title in the Illinois Elementary School Association on Sept. 12. The team took the honor by defeating Chicago Heights Middle School. The score was tied in the fifth inning, but the players pulled out a 6-4 win. That victory gave[Read More…]
Hart baseball team moves on to sectionals game
Homewood’s James Hart School Panthers baseball team defeated Flossmoor’s Parker Junior High Falcons team in regional division play Wednesday 2-0. Hart now advances to sectional play on Saturday. If Hart wins the Saturday game over Frankfort Hickory Creek it will advance in the Illinois Elementary School Association competition and get[Read More…]
Sophomore Scott towers in the middle for surging H-F volleyball
Kymora Scott tries not to measure success in wins and losses or statistics. Those things are certainly nice, but the Homewood-Flossmoor girls volleyball’s 6-foot-2 sophomore middle hitter knows they’ll come naturally if she and her teammates do everything else they’re supposed to do. “If you aren’t working for every point[Read More…]
Hart girls softball team advances to sectional play
James Hart School’s girls softball team is entering competition for a sectional title in the Illinois Elementary School Association hoping to win a spot on the state softball championship roster. The team won the regional championship game Tuesday, Sept. 12, defeating Chicago Heights Middle School. The score was tied in[Read More…]
The Gem 2023: First timers, former college runners take top honors in Hidden Gem
Hailey Bowes didn’t get to run in the Hidden Gem last year. A stress fracture forced the Arlington Heights native to skip the race and prepare a little more cautiously this year. It made a positive difference. “I wanted to come back and redeem myself,” she said. “I cross trained[Read More…]
Vikings prevail over visiting Spartans in wild home opener; veterans, track team honored
The first moments of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School varsity football home opener versus Marian Catholic High School on Saturday, Sept. 2, accurately foreshadowed the last. The game started wild and ended wild. Both teams scored in the first half-minute of the first quarter. Marian’s Austin Alexander ran the opening kickoff[Read More…]