By Fred Kroner Senior Hayden Grotelueschen was the individual winner for Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team on Friday (Feb. 10) in the 3,200-meter race at the Normal West Wildcat Indoor Invitational at Illinois Wesleyan University. Grotelueschen was timed in 10 minutes, 12.14 seconds and held a 16.48-second margin of […]
Month: February 2023
Unbeaten Lincoln defeats Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball
By Fred Kroner State-ranked and unbeaten Lincoln made Mahomet-Seymour its 30th consecutive victim on Thursday (Feb. 9) in a 65-46 decision in the Bulldogs’ gym. The Apollo Conference contest marked the regular-season finale for both squads. M-S led, 10-9, after one quarter, but had fallen behind, 25-17, by halftime. Durbin […]
M-S triumphant over Taylorville, falls to Peoria Richwoods over weekend
By Fred Kroner Seventh-ranked Peoria Richwoods outraced Mahomet-Seymour, 69-49, in the Watchfire Signs Shootout at Danville on Saturday (Feb. 11). Jake Waldinger led the Bulldogs with 13 points. He hit three three-point shots. Trey Peters had 12 points and Dayten Eisenmann contributed seven points. Peters cleared a team-high five rebounds. […]
Six Bulldogs qualify for state tournament
By Fred Kroner Six Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers – five of whom are seniors – secured top-four finishes on Saturday in the IHSA Class 2A Highland Sectional and qualified for the state tournament. The senior qualifiers are Caden Hatton (113 pounds), Brennan Houser (182 pounds), Mateo Casillas (195 pounds), Colton Crowley (220 […]
Mahomet Family Dentistry Athlete of the Week: Aron Varga
Junior Aron Varga is leaving his marks on the Mahomet-Seymour record books for the second year. Varga holds the record for the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:03.06. Earlier in the 2022-23 season, Varga broke a 2017 record held by Joshua Eckberg, swimming the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:03.26. at the Centennial Invitational. […]
Mahomet-Seymour Speech team places second at Regional
The Mahomet-Seymour Speech Team began the IHSA state series with a second-place finish at the Regional competition in Chatham on February 4th. This is the highest place the team has achieved at Regionals since the team’s inception. All of the students competing advanced to the Sectional round of competition, which […]
Winter Guard takes first at Villa Grove Regional
The Mahomet-Seymour Winter Guard placed first in both Winter Guard and Tall Flag at the Villa Grove IDTA Regional on Feb. 5. Rachael Corson placed second with her flag solo and qualified for IDTA State. The team will travel to Springfield for State Finals February 11.
Three Bulldogs win events at home meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won six events on Tuesday (Feb. 9) in a five-school, non-scored indoor track meet at M-S. Springfield Lanphier, Fisher, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley and Hoopeston Area also competed in the meet. In three events, M-S swept the top three positions. Ethan Ramirez led a trio of Bulldogs […]
Bulldogs use two overtimes to defeat Normal University
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team is spending extra time on the court as the regular season nears an end. Three days after posting an overtime victory, M-S needed two overtimes on Monday (Feb. 6) to subdue Normal University, 61-55, at home. The teams were tied, 44-44, after regulation […]
Bulldogs defeat Urbana in overtime
By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann just missed a double-double on Tuesday (Feb. 7) at Urbana, scoring 18 points and grabbing nine rebounds in Mahomet-Seymour’s 70-68 overtime triumph against the Tigers. Eisenmann also handed out five assists. The M-S offense also featured 16 points from Wyatt Bohm, 15 points from Byron […]