By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team trailed early on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in its team sectional match against Bethalto Civic Memorial, but put on such a comeback they were able to forfeit the final two matches and still post a 38-34 victory. In the latest IWCOA state wrestling rankings, the […]
Month: February 2022
Mahomet-Seymour knocks off Danville in Regional play
By Fred Kroner Luke Koller scored a game-high 16 points on Wednesday (Feb. 23) and Mahomet-Seymour rallied from a game-long deficit to edge Danville in a Class 3A boys’ basketball regional semifinal game in Mahomet. M-S knocked down 8-of-10 fourth-quarter shots to complete the comeback. Dayten Eisenmann chipped in with […]
Bulldogs headed to Sweet Sixteen
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team stormed back from a fourth-quarter deficit on Tuesday (Feb. 22) to edge Rochester, 34-33, in a Class 3A sectional semifinal game at Lincoln High School. Rochester (24-10) carried a 28-23 lead into the final eight minutes and expanded its margin to 34-23. […]
PACA Land Donation expands Heron View Forest Preserve
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District (CCFPD) has received a land donation of 5 acres from the Preservation and Conservation Association of Champaign County (PACA). The land is located on the north side of County Road 2600 at the Sangamon River, contiguous with the Heron View Forest Preserve expanding its […]
MSJHS headed into IESA Regional
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School finished its regular season in wrestling on Saturday (Feb. 12) by winning three of five dual meets at East Peoria. The Bulldogs had entrants in 17 weight classes and each wrestler won at least one match. Finishing the day with unblemished 5-0 records […]
Mahomet-Seymour board to vote on $97.9 million tax referendum to address capacity issues
The Mahomet-Seymour School board will vote Tuesday (Feb. 22) on whether or not to accept the Bulldog Blueprint recommendation of a $97.9 million bond issue to be placed on the ballot on June 28, 2022. The language for the referendum is expected to come to the board on March 21. […]
Mahomet-Seymour kicks off indoor track season at the Shirk Center
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s varsity 3,200-meter relay placed fourth on Saturday (Feb. 19) in the Bulldogs’ season-opening girls’ indoor track and field meet at The Shirk Center, on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington. The foursome of Ava Boyd, Emily Bednar, Callie Jansen and Elizabeth Sims was timed in […]
Bulldogs end regular season with loss to Lincoln
By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters’ fourth double-double of the season couldn’t prevent the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team from dropping a 42-39 decision in its regular-season finale at Lincoln on Friday (Feb. 18). The Bulldogs finish Apollo Conference play with a 6-6 record. Wolters totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds to […]
Katz becomes first swimming team sectional champion for Mahomet-Seymour
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving program continues to move up, and for senior Max Katz, that means the ability to move on. Katz became the school’s first sectional champion on Saturday (Feb. 19), winning the diving competition in a 21-school sectional tournament at Centennial High School. […]
Three Bulldogs secure All-State status at IHSA tournament
By Fred Kroner A quarter of a century ago, Mahomet-Seymour’s high school enrollment had reached the point that it was moved up from the small-school classification by the IHSA to the large-school division. In those 25 years, no M-S wrestling team has fared better at the individual state tournament at […]