Glory Days With Three-Sport Athlete Lindsey Hamma
Buffalo Grove guard played on the state championship team of 2000, but many would say she was in better in softball.
Lindsey Hamma still likes the photograph in which she dives into basketball coach Tom Dineen’s arms after her team stunned Illinois state basketball and won a state title in 2000. “I gave Mr. Dineen a hug,” Hamma said. “People ask me what he was saying to me in the picture, and I have no idea.” It’s been 11 years since Buffalo Grove High School‘s girls basketball team brought home the state championship trophy. “It was amazing,” Hamma said. “We had worked hard for four years. I still remember everybody was going crazy. I was a little teared up after that. I couldn’t stop smiling. My jaw hurt after that.” Hamma is now the head girls softball coach at Hoffman Estates High School. She coaches freshman basketball in the winter. Sports have …
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Rick Edwards
11:37 am on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Certainly one of the best female athletes in Bison athletic history. My favorite play was Lindsey's Jr year. Tom Dineen's Lady Bison was in a press. Lindsey had come from behind from the B.G. side of half court to steal the ball. Lindsey had just stolen the ball in the opponent's half court. Rather than dribble and turn to face the Lady Bison basket, Lindsey flipped a backward pass "blind" over … more ›