By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept past Centennial, 25-15, 25-12, on Tuesday (Oct. 26) in a Class 3A IHSA regional volleyball semifinal match in Mahomet. The victory was the 19th in a row for the Bulldogs. Avery Allen garnered 12 kills. Caylee Folken had 12 assists. Libby Bodine finished with 12 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A popular question has been swirling around Mahomet faster than the autumn leaves in recent weeks. Does the high school football team have the talent to win a state championship? To me, that is not the real question, but I will address that one first and […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh-grade and eighth-grade girls’ basketball teams at Mahomet-Seymour improved their season records to 14-1 with victories on consecutive days to start the week. On Monday (Oct. 25), M-S prevailed twice at Rantoul Eater and followed that up on Tuesday (Oct. 26) by winning two more […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Eden Oelze broke the school record in the 500-yard freestyle on Saturday (Oct. 23) in a three-school girls’ swimming meet between Apollo Conference schools at Lincoln College. Oelze’s winning time was 5 minutes, 59.80 seconds. She was also triumphant in the100-yard butterfly. Oelze was also […]
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour volleyball juniors landed spots on the all-tournament team after the Bulldogs won their own 16-team Mahomet-Seymour Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 23). Headlining the 12-player honor team were Bulldogs Libby Bodine, Caylee Folken and Grace Rodebaugh. M-S won all five of its matches to tie the […]
By Fred Kroner With three of the top five runners, Mahomet-Seymour outdistanced the field at Olney Central College on Saturday (Oct. 23) to win its eighth boys’ Class 2A regional cross-country title in the past 11 years. On a day when all of the Bulldog runners were seniors, the team […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Ava Boyd won a regional cross-country championship on Saturday in a photo finish at the Olney girls’ Class 2A meet. Boyd and Centennial sophomore Brooklynn Sweikar each ran the 3-mile course at Olney Central College in 19 minutes, 13.78 seconds. The winner was determined by […]
By Fred Kroner It took 100 years – plus another 28 days – for a football team from Mahomet to gain revenge on the gridiron athletes from Bloomington High School. Until the schools met on Friday (Oct. 23) in Mahomet, the only football game against the two non-conference opponents was […]
Third-seeded Normal West ousted fifth-seeded Mahomet-Seymour on Wednesday (Oct. 20) in a Class 2A boys’ soccer regional semifinal game at Normal West. The host Wildcats – ranked ninth in the state – needed two overtimes to post a 2-1 triumph. Normal West (16-3-6) led, 1-0, at halftime, but the Bulldogs […]
By Fred Kroner Tori Garner’s 11 digs helped carry Mahomet-Seymour to a volleyball win at Charleston, 25-10, 25-17, on Tuesday (Oct. 19) in the team’s final Apollo Conference match of the year. M-S finished 11-1 in league play and finished in a first-place tie with Taylorville. Sophie Zerrouki contributed four […]
