By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs opened their 2022 wrestling season on Saturday (Jan. 8), finishing fourth in the 13-school Bloomington Invitational. First-place Homer had 302 ½ points. The Bulldogs ended with 203 points. Four M-S competitors advanced into championship matches in their weight classes. The school had two champions. At […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team started the 2022 portion of its schedule on Tuesday (Jan. 4) with a 35-27 win at Bloomington. Landyn Hannah notched a team-high 15 points. He hit eight of his points in the third quarter as the Bulldogs turned a 19-17 halftime deficit […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs hit just 5 of 24 three-point attempts at home on Friday (Jan. 7) and suffered an Apollo Conference loss to Lincoln, 47-33. M-S attempted just 13 non-three-pointers in the game. Wyatt Bohm led the Bulldogs with 10 points and nine rebounds. Blake Wolters and Dayten […]
By Fred Kroner Bulldogs Caden Hatton and Mateo Casillas won their weight classes on Saturday (Jan. 8) in the Sycamore Wrestling Invitational. Hatton was 3-0 at 106 pounds, including a 4-2 triumph in the championship match over Kaneland’s Cameron Phillips. Casillas was 4-0 at 195 pounds. He also captured a […]
By Fred Kroner Quenton Rogers made a season-high 20 points on Tuesday (Jan. 4), helping the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team to a 50-36 non-conference victory at Rantoul. Rogers also cleared five rebounds. Blake Wolters contributed 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Ben Wagner chipped in with four points and […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team finished second in the three-day Mattoon Tournament. The Bulldogs lost to Mattoon on Wednesday (Dec. 29) in the title game, 48-43. M-S fell behind by nine points after the first quarter, 17-8, then battled its way back into contention against the Green Wave. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team battled back from a first-round loss in the large-school division of the State Farm Classic at various Bloomington and Normal sites to advance into the consolation championship game. In the consolation finals on Wednesday (Dec. 29), the 12th-seeded Bulldogs couldn’t maintain a double-digit […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Mateo Casillas won all seven matches and was the 195-pound champion on Thursday (Dec. 30) in the 60th Red Schmitt Wrestling Tournament at Granite City. Casillas pinned his first three opponents, then earned a pair of major decisions before holding his opponents scoreless in the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mhometnews.com Families are there for one another. They are supportive, encouraging, understanding. Good times or bad times, their faith is unwavering. Tyler Uken’s recruitment to play college football followed an unique family pattern. The Mahomet-Seymour senior offensive lineman was off to a banner season when a knee […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team scored more than enough points in the first quarter on Wednesday (Dec. 22) to win a non-conference game at home against Rantoul. The Bulldogs vaulted into a 29-4 lead after one quarter and blitzed the Eagles, 74-17. Cayla Koerner (eight points), Ivie […]
