Bryce Heard scored 21 points, Jayden Tyler had 15 and Carson Brownfield added 12 as the Vikings beat Normal Community 60-48.
Homewood-Flossmoor’s players celebrate after defeating Normal Community in the Class 4A state championship game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday, March 9, 2024. After a year away playing for St. Rita, Brownfield returned to his hometown school, confident that he could lead H-F to new heights. And that’s exactly what the senior forward did.
It’s the first state championship in boys basketball for a school from the south suburbs since Hillcrest won the Class 3A title in the 2009-10 season.After H-F struggled mightily on offense in Friday’s semifinal victory over New Trier, which was tied 11-11 at halftime, the championship game could not have been more of an opposite affair.
With 3:33 to play in the fourth quarter, Brownfield scored on a drive to the basket to give the Vikings a 53-43 lead, and the party was pretty much on for the Vikings. Homewood-Flossmoor’s Carson Brownfield goes for a layup against against Normal Community in the Class 4A state championship game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
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