By Fred Kroner The high school cross-country season ended for all but one Mahomet-Seymour runner on Saturday (Oct. 29) in the Class 2A Chatham Glenwood Sectional. The Bulldogs’ lone state-qualifier came in the girls’ 3-mile race. M-S junior Ava Boyd advanced to the state meet with a 21st-place finish in […]
By Fred Kroner The winningest volleyball season in Mahomet-Seymour school history ended on Thursday (Oct. 27) one victory shy of a regional title. The Bulldogs dropped a 21-25, 25-19, 25-19 decision to Normal University High in the finals of the Rantoul IHSA Class 3A regional tournament. The setback ended a […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s football team started the postseason on Friday (Oct. 28) in the same manner as it ended the regular season. The Bulldogs made Ottawa its sixth opponent this year (and fourth in a row) to face a second-half running clock after M-S carved out a 40-point lead. […]
By Isabella Zarate This season has turned out victorious for the Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band. Starting their competition preparation mid-summer, all 158 band members and director Michael Stevens have been hard at work. “We rehearse about 7.5 to 8.5 hours a week leading up to our competition season, which starts in […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour captured its school record for volleyball wins in a season by handing Rantoul a 25-9, 25-12 setback on Tuesday (Oct. 25) in an IHSA Class 3A regional semifinal match on the Eagles’ court. The Bulldogs sport a 32-3 season record and return to Rantoul on Thursday […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team split two games on Saturday (Oct. 22) in the Teutopolis Round-Robin Tournament and then annexed more victories on Monday (Oct. 24) and Tuesday (Oct. 25). At T-Town, the Bulldogs suffered a 30-19 loss to Taylorville, but rebounded to defeat the host […]
By Fred Kroner Tournament most valuable player Avery Allen, from Mahomet-Seymour, sparked the Bulldogs to the championship in their 16-team volleyball tournament on Saturday (Oct. 22). In doing so, M-S tied its school record for wins in a season, equalling a mark the 2021 team established when it ended 31-6. […]
By Fred Kroner Running an all-underclassmen lineup, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team finished third in the nine-school Olney Class 2A regional on Saturday (Oct. 22). Junior Ava Boyd took third in the 63-runner field, running the 3-mile layout in 19 minutes, 35.55 seconds. Other team leaders were sophomore Chloe Bundren […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team placed fourth at the Olney Class 2A regional meet on Saturday (Oct. 22) and qualified for the sectional. The Bulldogs’ first five finishers crossed the finish line within 40.39 seconds of one another. The team was led by two freshmen, who wound up […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swimmers logged 11 season-best times on Saturday (Oct. 22) and placed third in the eight-school Urbana Uni High Invitational. Talynn O’Donnell and Eden Oelze each won two individual events and helped one relay to a first-place finish. O’Donnell re-broke her school record in the 200-yard freestyle, […]
