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 […]
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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 […]
Park advances to IESA State Tournament
By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Sophie Park made history at Wolf Creek Country Club, in Pontiac, when she became the first Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golfer to qualify for the IESA state tournament. Park recorded a 96 (41-55) at the sectional tournament on Wednesday (Sept. 8) and secured one of 14 state berths […]
Three MSJHS Golfers advance to IESA State Tournament
The fledgling first-year Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School boys’ golf program resulted with three of the six squad members qualifying for the IESA state tournament. M-S had no regular-season meets, but competed in the sectional at Eagle Ridge Golf Course, in Paris, on Thursday (Sept. 9). In a field of 61 […]
Bulldogs on 4-game win streak headed into Regionals
By Fred Kroner Pitchers Jackson Bohm and Paxton O’Malley combined for a one-hitter for Mahomet-Seymour on Thursday (Sept. 9) as the Bulldogs ran past visiting Clinton 11-1 in a junior high baseball game. Bohm struck out five batters in 4 1/3 innings. Leading the hit parade for the Bulldogs were […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Janet Watkins
*This article was first published in 2020. Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame Inductees will be honored at the Homecoming game on Sept. 17. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Janet Watkins’ hobby is gardening. She enjoys the process from starting with a seed to nurturing it to life to waiting for the bloom […]