By Fred Kroner Eden Oelze and Olivia McMurry each won an individual event and helped a relay to victory on Saturday (Oct. 30) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ swimming team placed second in a three-school meet at Charleston. Oelze won the 100-yard butterfly, stopping the clock in 1 minute 6.69 seconds. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high girls’ basketball teams registered a sweep on Monday (Nov. 1) at Normal Parkside to improve their overall records to 15-1. The seventh-grade Bulldogs handled the Parkside Pythons, 30-10, with Courtney Fonte hitting 12 points and Hannah Martin contributing seven points. The eighth-grade Bulldogs held […]
By Fred Kroner The winningest volleyball team in Mahomet-Seymour history fell one victory short of a Class 3A IHSA regional championship on Thursday (Oct. 28). Playing at home, the Bulldogs had their 19-match winning streak halted by Normal University High in the finals, 25-18, 25-23. Avery Allen had eight kills […]
By Fred Kroner For the 10th time in the past 12 years, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country program will be represented at state by its full team. M-S placed fifth in the Saturday (Oct. 30) IHSA Class 2A sectional at Decatur’s Hickory Point Golf Course. The top seven schools in the […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s state-ranked Bulldogs were the dominant team in the Saturday (Oct. 30) Decatur IHSA Class 2A boys’ cross-country sectional meet at Hickory Point Golf Course. With its top five runners completing the 3-mile course within 57 seconds of one another, coach Neal Garrison’s Bulldogs zipped to their […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s football Bulldogs get to play one more home game. At least. The immediate reward for a 50-8 thrashing of Jacksonville on Saturday (Oct. 30) at Frank Dutton Field in a first-round Class 5A IHSA playoff game was the chance to return home. M-S (10-0) will host […]
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 […]
