By Fred Kroner Senior Night for the Mahomet-Seymour football program turned into a night to remember for the Bulldogs’ seniors on Friday (Oct. 7). Five seniors scored touchdowns and a sixth senior threw five touchdown passes as the state-ranked Bulldogs (No. 3 in Class 5A) blitzed Taylorville, 58-6, at Frank […]
With only four regular-season meets left in the 2022 season, Mahomet-Seymour’s Talynn O’Donnell already holds five school records. The 5’6” freshmen grabbed her first two records in the Centennial Girls’ Swimming Invitational in mid-September, finishing at 25.52 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, 55.31 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle. She added […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Few high school athletes have faced the choices that were available to Mateo Casillas as he embarked on his senior year at Mahomet-Seymour. Should he pursue a collegiate career in football, wrestling or baseball? “I had interest from colleges at all levels in all three sports,” […]
By Fred Kroner Medalist Ainsley Winters shot a 79 on Monday (Oct. 3) to post a two-shot victory in the Lincoln Class 1A IHSA girls’ golf sectional tournament. With four Bulldogs placing among the top 36 in a field of 110, M-S secured a state berth by registering a 373 […]
By Fred Kroner Caylee Folken recorded 10 assists, six digs and three kills on Tuesday (Oct. 4) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept to a home victory over Mount Zion, 25-13, 25-11. Ellie Barker served four aces to go with three kills. Maddie Gaede contributed five kills, three assists, three […]
By Fred Kroner Nolan Wheeler celebrated his birthday on Tuesday (Oct. 4) by scoring three goals and handing out two assists as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team romped to an 8-0 win at Mattoon. Isaac Warren also had a hat trick and amassed four assists. M-S led, 5-0, at halftime. […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Leif Olson was the lone Mahomet-Seymour golfer to qualify for the state tournament after the Monday (Oct. 3) Class 2A Limestone Sectional at Coyote Creek Golf Course. Olson carded a 76 and tied for 10th in the 109-player field. All individuals who shot 78, or lower, […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team won nine of 11 events on Monday (Oct. 3) and placed second in a four-school meet at Urbana on the same day the team had an early-morning workout.. The host Tigers were the winners with 383 points. Runner-up M-S had 338 points and […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour bounced back from a fifth-place team finish on Saturday (Oct. 1) in the Apollo Conference girls’ tennis tournament to win a dual meet from Taylorville, 8-1, on Tuesday (Oct. 4) at the Illini Grove courts. The Bulldogs swept all six singles matches against Taylorville in straight […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour runners captured individual honors in three of four races on Saturday (Oct. 1) in the Monticello cross-country invitational at Lodge Park and earned team honors in all four races. In the 17-school girls’ race, M-S ended with a team total of 59 points to outdistance runner-up […]
