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The
H-F Vikings Football team donated over 300 non-perishable items to the
Operation Blessing food pantry. The items were accumulated at the
Red-White scrimmage.

Football
game tickets for the Homecoming games vs. Sandburg on Fri., Sept. 10 will
go on sale in the campus store of the South cafeteria beginning on Tues. Sept.
7. There will be a limited number of tickets available for general admission on
this date. Student tickets are $2 with student ID. Students may buy 1 additional
ticket if a guest form is turned in. Adult tickets are $4 with a limit of 4
tickets. Get your tickets early as we did sell out at our first home game. Game
times are 4:45 p.m. for the sophomore game and 7:15 pm for the varsity game with
an extended halftime for Homecoming festivities. See you at THE GAME!
Congratulations
to the Varsity Girls tennis team for taking 1st place out of 16 teams
at the Champaign Centennial Invite. Adesuwa Osabuohien took 1st place at
first singles, Danielle Dixon took 1st place at second singles, Faith
Huckabee and Dana Shannon took 2nd place at first doubles, and
Colleen Kenney and Allison Lessner took 2nd place at second doubles.
The team scored 32 out of a possible 36 points, outdistancing second place
Belleville West who had 21 points.
Spanish
National Honor Society proudly announces the officers for the 2010-2011
school year: La presidenta: Katie Gallagher, La vice-presidenta: Jessica
Plantilla, La tesorera: Veronica Morris, and la secretaria: Manju Connolly.
Felicidades y ¡Todos a una!
Congratulations
to Chemistry teacher Todd Sippel, and Student Teacher Steve Pellack
for helping bring the Beecher Muskies to its first ever (National Amateur
Baseball Federation) Major Division World Series Championship! Pellack was also
named to the All World Series team.
Congratulations
to Abie Ehimwenman, who recently competed in the
USATF Junior Olympic Nationals and won the triple jump! She also
competed in the long jump.
Congratulations
to 1993 alumnus, Ben Bradley, who was recently promoted to co-anchor of
the Sunday morning newscast at
ABC 7 Chicago! Bradley will begin his new
position on Sept. 5.
The varsity softball team was recently given a 2010 Sportsmanship Award
by the South Suburbs Officials Association (SSOA). H-F is one of 14 area schools
to receive the honor.
Congratulations to senior Melanie Coderre, who was named the Northwest
Indiana Times’ Illinois
Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Coderre shares this title with previous
H-F soccer stars Kelly Lewers, Emily Oliver, Maggie Hoskin, Thea Johnson and
Lauren Kvedaras.
Congratulations to junior Michelle Mayer, who was named the
Chicago Sun-Times’ Female
Athlete of the Year. Mayer was the Sun-Times’ first junior to be named to
the list.
Congratulations to Friends of Rachel for being honored at the Rachel’s
Challenge Summit in Colorado. The H-F chapter was named 2010 School of the
Year. Click to view larger versions of the pictures below.
Congratulations to Shay Banton, Russell Maanum (honorable mention) and
Rebecca Mathews for making the Interscholastic Swimming Coaches
All-American Water Polo team!
Congratulations to Coach Steve Szymkowiak, who recently received the
2010
Strength of America award, and will be honored at a banquet in July.
The 2010 Special Olympics Tournament was historical for the H-F team that won
its first individual State Gold and first team State Gold.
Gwendolyn Gummerson, 1st Place in the 50M Run
Micael Hamiter, 1st Place 50 M Run
Kortney Fields, 1st Place Soccer Skills
2010 Viking Soccer Team, 1st Place:
Gregory Brady
Thomas Clemon
Alex Houghton
Katie Lindstrom
Donald Moore
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