By Fred Kroner For the first time in 15 years, a girls’ basketball team from Mahomet-Seymour has reached the 20-win mark in a season. The Bulldogs achieved that rare accomplishment on Monday (Jan. 24) at Mount Zion, topping the Braves, 73-41. M-S still has a minimum of eight games remaining […]
By Fred Kroner The season ended for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team on Saturday (Jan. 22) at Champaign Jefferson. Coming off a 12-day COVID-related layoff, the Bulldogs defeated sixth-seeded Champaign Franklin in the quarterfinals of a Class 4A IESA regional tournament, 38-30. Paxson O’Malley led M-S with 14 points, […]
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestlers placed second on Saturday (Jan. 22) in the 16-school Panther Invitational at Braidwood Reed Custer. Justus Vrona (2-1 at 95 pounds), Colton McClure (3-1 at 100 pounds) and Corey Bell (3-1 at 119 pounds) each posted pins in all of their wins. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade and eighth-grade volleyball teams each emerged victorious on Saturday (Jan. 22) in its own four-school invitational. The eighth-graders topped Charleston 25-11, 25-15, Monticello 26-24, 25-27, 15-11 and Tolono Unity, 25-23, 25-20. The seventh-graders defeated the same opponents, decisioning Charleston 25-15, 25-11, Monticello 25-16, 26-28, 15-11 […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team extended its winning streak to 17 consecutive duals on Thursday (Jan. 20), dominating Urbana (84-0), Central (75-6) and Pontiac (78-6) in Champaign. For the night, the Bulldogs won 18 matches by pin, but also received 21 forfeit wins for the evening. Against the three […]
By Fred Kroner Two months after he last played in a game, Mahomet-Seymour senior Luke Koller returned to the court on Saturday (Jan. 22) and scored a team-high 16 points as the Bulldogs upended Chatham Glenwood, 51-43. Koller came off the bench to hit 5-of-10 shots from the field and […]
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner tallied a game-high 18 points on Thursday (Jan. 20) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team won at Normal University High, 38-29. Savannah Orgeron deposited 12 points and Ivie Juarez added four points. After falling behind, 9-6, after one quarter, M-S climbed into a 19-12 halftime […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ordinarily, when a district hires a person who has never been a head coach at the high school level, it can be problematic. How will the person react and interact with the teen-aged athletes? How will the person handle the details, game planning, game management and […]
By Fred Kroner Max Katz and Carter Logsdon each won individual events for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swim team on Saturday (Jan. 15) at a four-school meet at Centennial. Katz was the top diver and also added on a sixth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Logsdon won the 100-yard butterfly. In […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Cayla Koerner and Ivie Juarez scored in double figures on Monday (Jan. 17) to spark the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team to a 46-37 win at home over Lincoln. Koerner netted 13 points to go with three steals. Juarez added 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds. […]
