2009 Homewood Vikings- Midwest Champions

2009 in the Record Books (pdf)   Yearbook history

Derrick Fomby (lower, left, Homewood SF 1993) passed away on Oct. 18 from cancer. Small Fry keeps Derrick and his family in our thoughts.

Homewood won the 2000 International Championship in Orlando, Fla. with a 44-38 title-game victory over the Chicago Washington Jaguars.

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Tryouts for 2010 season kick off on January 2
  
   Homewood Area Small Fry will kick off tryouts for the 2010 season on Saturday, Jan. 2 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Homewood Auditorium (Chestnut Road and Dixie Highway). Candidates must be no older than 12 as of Sept. 1, 2009 and may not be taller than 5-foot-1.
   Tryouts will continue at the Auditorium through much of January on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Homewood, which owns four Top 4 finishes at the International Tournament in Orlando, Fla. since 2000, will offer both a varsity and developmental "rookie" team.
   More information may be obtained by calling Justin Edgecombe at 708-612-4724, Walt Shipman at 312-608-3520 or Kevin Kelly at 708-957-3174.

Vikings (22-5) capture International third place
  
   ORLANDO, FLA.- Ki-Jana Crawford poured in a game-high 19 points and Kendall King added a career-high 16 points to propel Homewood Area Small Fry (22-5) to a 58-50 victory over Chicago Marquette Best in the third-place contest of the 41st annual International Tournament at Disney's Wide World of Sports.
   Homewood jumped ahead 15-0 at the outset- but had to overcome an eight-point deficit in the second half. Christian Searles and Dalen Dotson each added eight points for the Vikings.
   Chicago Heights 55, Homewood 39- The Vikings rallied from a 10-point deficit for a halftime tie, but in the end couldn't overcome 20 turnovers and 12 missed free throws in the Final Four loss. Ki-Jana Crawford topped Homewood (21-5) with 12 points and six rebounds, Dalen Dotson added nine points, six rebounds and three assists, and Christian Searles finished with eight points and eight rebounds.
   Homewood 65, West Pullman Runners 52- The Vikings (21-4) avenged earlier losses of 41 points and one point to the Runners, as Matt Winkler scored the game's first points and Homewood never trailed. Ki-Jana Crawford scored 19 points and also tied a 24-year old record (Jesse James) with 20 rebounds in a single contest.
   Christian Searles added 16 points, Dalen Dotson tallied eight and Ryan Murray six for the Vikings, who were 10-for-10 from the foul line in the second half. Emmanuel Watts also ripped down five rebounds for the winners, who have prevailed in 15 of their last 16 and avenged all of their four losses.
   Homewood 51, Chicago Solo Jaguars 35- The Vikings used a 16-0 first-half command  to take command and win their 14th contest in 15 games. Ki-Jana Crawford paced a balanced attack with 11 points and 14 rebounds, while Christian Searles pitched in 10 points and Dalen Dotson had seven points and seven rebounds. Chris Austin dealt out three assists and Kendall King finished with five points.   
   Homewood 61, Chicago Robert Taylor 46- Christian Searles (19 points, 15 rebounds) paced three Vikings in double figures, while Ki-Jana Crawford notched 17 points and Dalen Dotson added 14 markers. Searles also dished out four assists, while Chris Austin finished with five points.
   The Homewood Junior Varsity posted a 2-1 record to win the consolation championship of the JV Tournament this weekend in Highwood, as the young Vikings toppled Chi-Town NBN in the title game.

2009 Homewood Vikings schedule

Day

Date

Opponent

Time/Record

Saturday

Feb. 21

Homewood 64, Evanston 23

Sunday

Feb. 22

Homewood 64, RT Panthers 56

Sunday

Feb. 22

Homewood 41, Kenosha 31

Saturday

Feb. 28

Marquette Best 64, Homewood 51

Saturday

Feb. 28

Homewood 52, Highwood 48

Sunday

March 1

Homewood 69, Chi-Town 57

Saturday

March 7

W.P. Runners 69, Homewood 28

Sunday

March 8

Homewood 63, Foster Hawks 28

Sunday

March 8

Marquette Best 55, Homewood 51

Saturday

March 14

Homewood 48, Glenbrook 42

Saturday

March 14

Homewood 66, Lansing 49

Sunday

March 15

Homewood 62, Fost. Hawks 43

Sunday

March 15

Homewood 60, Chicago Hts. 36

Sunday

March 15

Homewood 63, Southwest 54

Saturday

March 21

Homewood 42, Southwest 38*

Saturday

March 21

Homewood 57, Chi Hts 55 (ot*)

Sunday

March 22

Homewood 45, Kenosha 37*

Sunday

March 22

Homewood 56, Glenbrook 46*

Saturday

March 28

Homewood 52, Lansing 41*

Sunday

March 29

Homewood 57, Highwood 33*

Sunday

April 5

Homewood 65, Marquette Best 59

Sunday

April 5

W.P. Runners 64, Homewood 63

Monday

April 13

Homewood 61, Robert Taylor 46

Tuesday

April 14

Homewood 51, Solo Jaguars 35

2009 Varsity
Nick Atoyebi                Kendall King
Chris Austin                Niko Kujovich
Ki-Jana Crawford       Jake McCollum
Dalen Dotson             Ryan Murray
Devon Dotson            Christian Searles
Kaleb Johnson           Emannuel Watts
Kyle Johnson              Matt  Winkler

2009 Junior Varsity        
Bernie Coderre               Alexander Seldon
Trebor Edgecombe         Jonathan Spesia
Derrick Frazier               Sean Taylor
Jelani Hardy                   Kameron White
Brandon Hurt                  Jailen Williams
Ethan Kelly                   
Rashawn Robinson

2009 Jr.
Varsity
Vikings

Homewood Vikings Honor Roll