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 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The fall football season for the Mahomet-Seymour program in 2021 was truly a dream. Eleven consecutive wins to start the season. A state ranking among the top four in Class 5A. Two receivers who became the most prolific duo in school history. The accolades and honors […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team won two of its final three games before the arrival of the Christmas Break. The Bulldogs handled Prairie Central at home, 44-13, on Monday (Dec. 13), lost at St. Joseph, 30-27, on Tuesday (Dec. 14), and edged Champaign Edison at home, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Last year, Ivie Juarez helped Mahomet-Seymour lose a girls’ basketball game. This year, Juarez is helping the Bulldogs win games. Last school year, Juarez was a junior at Normal Community High School. During a COVID-plagued and abbreviated spring season, M-S was seeking a basketball opponent and […]
By Fred Kroner Taylorville handed the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team its first loss on Friday (Dec. 17), 61-49, in an Apollo Conference game in Taylorville. M-S trailed, 11-10, after one quarter, but the Tornadoes hit three three-pointers in the second quarter and opened up a 33-21 lead at halftime. Ivie […]
By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann nailed four three-point shots and scored a game-high 14 points for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team on Saturday (Dec.18) in a 52-38 loss at Normal University High. M-S trailed, 15-11, after one quarter and was still down by four points, 31-27, entering the final period. […]
By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga were each involved in two first-place finishes for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team on Tuesday (Dec. 14) in a three-school meet at Champaign. They teamed up with Mitch McAnally and Carter Logsdon to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 50.44 […]
