By Fred Kroner Four Mahomet-Seymour football players rank among the state’s top 25 individuals in various statistical categories, according to Maxpreps. Senior kicker Kyle Walmer is second in extra points made with 43, third in scoring by a kicker with 46 and second in total yards for kickoffs with 2,622 […]
Month: October 2022
Bulldog swimming continues to improve
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell re-broke two more of her school records on Wednesday (Oct. 12) in a four-school girls’ swimming meet at Urbana. She shattered the 200-yard individual medley for the third time this season, winning the event with a 2:17.96 mark. In the 500-yard freestyle, O’Donnell […]
Mahomet-Seymour soccer wins two on their way to Apollo Conference game
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team opened its week with back-to-back road victories. On Monday (Oct. 10), the Bulldogs secured a 2-1 win at Normal Community. On Tuesday (Oct. 11), M-S handled Effingham, 9-0, to maintain their slender lead in the Apollo Conference. Against Normal, Nolan Wheeler’s team-best 23rd […]
Mahomet-Seymour finishes third at Apollo Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team finished third in the seven-school Apollo Conference girls’ cross-country meet at Mattoon’s Lake Land College on Tuesday (Oct. 11). Meet champion Mount Zion totaled 32 points. Runner-up Effingham ended with 60 points and M-S was third with 70 points. The Bulldogs’ leaders in […]
Bulldogs win Apollo Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour runners placed among the top 12 on Tuesday (Oct. 11) as the Bulldogs ran away with team honors in the boys’ Apollo Conference cross-country meet at Mattoon’s Lake Land College. The composite score for M-S in the seven-school event was 49 points. Runner-up Lincoln had […]
Peters and Anderson win Better Ball Tournament
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Mike Peters and Josh Anderson teamed up to win the two-day Better Ball Tournament on Sunday (Oct. 9) at Lake of the Woods. They combined for rounds of 65 and 67, for a 132. Two other duos also carded 132s, but Peters and Anderson prevailed in […]
Epley and Clouse hit hole-in-ones at Lake of the Woods
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Two golfers recorded hole-in-ones on consecutive days on the 17th hole at Lake of the Woods. Both occurred during the facility’s weekend Better Ball Tournament. On Saturday (Oct. 8), George Epley aced the hole, which played at 169 yards. His feat was witnessed by Miles Epley, […]
Mahomet-Seymour wins Bulldog Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team captured the title in its own four-team round-robin tournament on Friday (Oct. 7), handing Tolono Unity a 41-16 loss. Courtney Fonte and Hannah Martin each netted eight points to lead the Bulldogs. Payton Steers added a season-high seven points. M-S continued its […]
Bode and Moen lead M-SJHS to sectional win
By Fred Kroner Tate Bode and Cody Moen placed among the top six runners individually on Saturday (Oct. 8) in the IESA Class 3A boys’ cross-country sectional at Lake of the Woods, leading Mahomet-Seymour to the team championship in the 17-school race. Bode was the individual runner-up in the 116-runner, […]
Bulldog end sectional race with team honors
By Fred Kroner With all five scoring runners finishing among the top one-fourth of the runners in the IESA Class 3A girls’ cross-country sectional at Lake of the Woods on Saturday (Oct. 8), Mahomet-Seymour ran away with team honors in the 15-school race. The sectional champion Bulldogs had a composite […]