WEDNESDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: Mt. Carmel opens baseball postseason with win

Tom Hayes and Tyler Laurisch hit home runs to lead Mt. Carmel to a 15-1 win over Proviso West in the Class 4A regional semifinal.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/dce78eea-ca00-51fa-a06f-c5168a1eea82.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 20:00:00 -0700

Illini Caravan goes through Danville

Illinois coaches make their way to Danville Country Club.
http://commercial-news.com/sports/x1968169658/Illini-Caravan-goes-through-Danville

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 22:58:13 -0700

WEDNESDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: H-F's Lietz whiffs Oak Forest

Dan Lietz struck out 15, walked two and survived a three-run seventh as Homewood-Flossmoor hung on to shade Oak Forest, 8-6, in baseball Wednesday.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/caefa7fb-a412-5124-a9e0-39bc036ae2f2.html

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:00 -0700

TUESDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: H-F girls soccer blasts Oak Lawn

Seven different players scored as the Homewood-Flossmoor girls soccer team blanked Oak Lawn 12-0 Tuesday in one semifinal of the Class 3A T.F. North Regional.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/f6d14e8f-a62f-5cc5-8e12-fb4424b6d06b.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:00 -0700

SATURDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: H-F gymnast Bell takes fifth in floor exercise

Homewood-Flossmoor boys gymnast Corey Bell had a successful day at the IHSA state meet at Lincoln-Way East on Saturday.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/69da23c7-eb8b-5ccf-932f-9de0911070d2.html

Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:00:00 -0700

SATURDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP:

Jayson Williams had a double and three RBIs, and Jake Kendrick and Grant Farmer combined for a three-hit shutout to lead the Illinois Lutheran baseball team to a 5-0 win over host Gardner-South Wilmington for a Class 1A regional championship Saturday.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/cfc8c5a3-1421-5b50-9242-c84fe4e59e92.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 21:40:00 -0700

Homewood-Flossmoor guard signs with EIU women's basketball

CHARLESTON – Danielle Woolfolk, a 5-foot-3 guard from Homewood-Flossmoor, has signed with Eastern Illinois’ women’s basketball team. She joins Belleville Althoff’s Alece Shumpert, who signed in November, as incoming Panthers.
http://jg-tc.com/sports/basketball/homewood-flossmoor-guard-signs-with-eiu-women-s-basketball/article_0f60dbfc-93b4-11e1-a4c2-0019bb2963f4.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 10:49:51 -0700

HUD awards more than $2M to fight housing discrimination

South Suburban Housing Center, of Homewood, received two U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants totalling about $628,000. The money was part of nearly $2.5 million in federal grants that have been awarded to 10 fair housing organizations to assist Illinois people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination. “With these grants, our partners in Illinois will help ...
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/12465942-418/hud-awards-more-than-2m-to-fight-housing-discrimination.html

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 08:04:08 -0700

FRIDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: Marian, H-F tennis players advance

The Marian Catholic and Homewood-Flossmoor boys tennis teams both had a successful first day at the Marian Catholic Sectional on Friday.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/d4c1c97f-2678-55a3-b4ed-4c9a586e0a23.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:00:00 -0700

IWU football expecting big things from freshmen

BLOOMINGTON — Several freshmen played prominent roles for Illinois Wesleyan’s football squad that made the NCAA Division III playoffs last fall.
http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/football/26c8d9ca-9a4e-11e1-921b-0019bb2963f4.html

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 20:12:00 -0700