By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour golfers swept the top three spots on Thursday (Sept. 16) in a three-school boys’ meet at Willow Pond, in Rantoul. Medalist Reis Claybrooke carded a season-best 38 to lead the way. Teammates closely behind were runner-up Zach Courson (40) and third-place finisher John Schlenker (41). Erik […]
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Normal High defeats Mahomet-Seymour Volleyball
By Fred Kroner Despite a near double-double by sophomore Avery Allen, the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team dropped a three-set loss to visiting Normal University High on Thursday (Sept. 16). U-High topped the Bulldogs, 29-27, 19-25, 25-18. Allen was one dig shy of a double-double, totaling 11 kills and nine digs. Caylee […]
Mahomet-Seymour football on a four-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s football team scored two touchdowns in the final 3 ½ minutes of the first half and another in less than 2 minutes of the third quarter which led to a 53-22 homecoming blowout at Frank Dutton Field on Friday (Sept. 17). Quarterback Wyatt Bohm completed 13 […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Leo Vitali
Editor’s Note: The Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame Class of 2020 has been announced. Over the next four publishing days, the Mahomet Daily will share the stories of the inductees: Fred Kroner, Jason Seaman, Janet Watkins and Leo Vitali. The inductees will be enshrined at the homecoming football game on Friday, […]
Bulldogs place second at Centennial
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs won seven of 12 events on Tuesday (Sept.14) and placed second in a triangular girls’ swimming meet at Centennial. The host Chargers compiled 138 points. Runner-up M-S had 117 points. St Thomas More finished with 34 points. Senior Kate Raver, senior Olivia McMurry and junior […]
Taylorville halts Bulldog win streak
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs’ Apollo Conference winning streak came to a halt on Tuesday (Sept. 14) when M-S dropped a 25-16 25-17 decision at Taylorville. Avery Allen landed five kills for M-S. The Bulldogs (12-4 overall and 3-1 in the Apollo) return to action on Thursday (Sept 21) at […]
Winters, Clark finish first and third at Mattoon
By Fred Kroner Thanks to season-low scores from both medalist Ainsley Winters and Maddy Clark, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golf team edged Mattoon, 196-199, on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at Lake of the Woods. Winters fired a 39 and Clark – who tied for third individually – finished with a 48. […]
Payne leads M-S Soccer over Mattoon
By Fred Kroner A first-half goal by Titus Payne was all that the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team needed on Tuesday (Sept. 14) to earn a 1-0 win at Mattoon when the second half was canceled by lightning. The win was the third in a row in Apollo Conference action for […]
Marx, Huff and Mills lead Bulldogs at Normal Parkside
By Fred Kroner The top three runners for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ cross-country team finished their 2-mile race on Saturday (Sept. 11) at Normal Parkside within one second of each other and the program’s top six were separated by less than a minute. M-S placed third in the 43-school […]
MSJHS boys’ cross country wins at 43-school meet
By Fred Kroner With three runners breaking the 12-minute mark in the 2-mile Normal Parkside Invitational on Saturday (Sept 11), the Bulldogs cruised to the team championship in the 43-school meet. Auggie Gaudio ran fourth in a field of 311 competitors. His time was 11 minutes and 16 seconds. Also […]