Mahomet Daily

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In a season marked by unexpected challenges, the Mahomet-Seymour High School girls’ basketball team has etched its name into the school’s history books. This week, we’re not just highlighting a single athlete but the entire team as they secured their third consecutive Class 3A regional championship—a first in the school’s […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team put themselves in contention for a Class 3A regional championship on Tuesday (Feb. 13) with a come-from-behind win over Danville on the Vikings’ court. M-S trailed, 14-13, after one quarter. The teams were tied 29-29, entering the fourth quarter. Reese Gallier fired in […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Normal University High more than doubled the score on Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team in the first quarter of a Tuesday (Feb. 13) non-conference contest in Mahomet. U-High led, 25-12, after one quarter and was still in control, 53-44, entering the final eight minutes. The Bulldogs held […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team has a five-match winning streak following a 4-3 start to the season. The streak started with a 25-10, 25-12 win at home over Tolono Unity on Saturday (Jan. 20). That was followed by a 22-25, 25-12, 25-22 win at Champaign Jefferson on Thursday […]

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestling team has a 15-1 dual-meet season record with 13 wins in a row. In a 13-day stretch between Thursday (Jan. 25) and Tuesday (Feb. 6), the Bulldogs won 11 dual meets. Eight of them were away from home. On the 25th, M-S […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jackson Golden hit 12 of 14 free throw attempts and scored 20 points on Saturday (Feb. 10), but the Mahomet-Seymour Junior eighth-grade boys’ basketball team dropped a 56-48 decision to Markham Prairie in an IESA Class 4A state quarterfinal game at Taylorville. Preston Clark scored 10 […]

By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers qualified for the Class 2A IHSA state tournament based on their performances at the M-S Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10). Senior Gage Decker (157 pounds) and sophomore Justus Vrona (126 pounds) will continue on individually. Decker won three of his four sectional bouts and […]

By Fred Kroner Three of the four Mahomet-Seymour athletes who competed in the Peoria Richwoods girls’ wrestling sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10) qualified for state. Keeping themselves in contention were sophomore Kalista Granadino (who won four of six matches at 115 pounds and placed fourth), senior Isabelle Leyhe (who pinned […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team led after each of the first three quarters Friday night (Feb. 9), but couldn’t hang on in the end and suffered a 75-66 loss at Taylorville. M-S led, 19-11 after one quarter, 44-34 at halftime and 58-54 after three quarters. Cade Starrick […]