By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team turned in a powerful performance on Wednesday (Sept. 8) in its Class 3A IESA regional quarterfinal game at home. The third-seeded Bulldogs pounded Champaign Franklin 20-5 behind a 21-hit attack that featured four M-S home runs. Socking round-trippers were Lily Bosworth, Brooklyn Dyer, Kalista […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ tennis team improved its season record to 4-1 on Thursday (Sept. 9) with a 5-0 win at Kankakee Bishop McNamara. At No. 1 singles, Morgan Lee didn’t lose a game while dispatching Sarah Berg, 6-0, 6-0. The Bulldogs’ No. 1 doubles team of Savannah Amatyleon […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Olivia McMurry was a two-event winner on Thursday (Sept. 9), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ swimming team dropped a narrow 96-94 decision to Bloomington Central Catholic at Pontiac. McMurry was victorious in the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke. Senior Kate Raver was the other M-S individual […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs scored a season-high 10 goals on Thursday (Sept. 9) – including a hat trick by Sam Henrichs – and dispatched Charleston 10-0 in an Apollo Conference boys’ soccer match at Middleton Field. M-S led 9-0 at intermission while improving to 2-0 in Apollo matches. Both […]
By Fred Kroner Haylie Orton posted six kills and five blocks on Thursday (Sept. 9) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept Mount Zion at home, 25-11, 25-17. Maddie Gaede recorded 11 assists, five digs and one service ace. The Bulldogs are 3-0 in Apollo Conference matches. In the two-day Crossroads […]
By Fred Kroner Led by the second-place individual, Blake Harvey, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf squad earned team honors on Monday (Sept. 13) in the Champaign County Invitational at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club. Harvey fired a team-best 78 and was two strokes behind the medalist, Wade Schacht, from Champaign Central. In […]
By Fred Kroner In a 49-school field on Saturday (Sept. 11) at the First to the Finish cross-country race at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team placed 11th in the Class 2A division of the meet. Separate races were held for 1A, 2A and 3A competitors. The 2A team […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s second-ranked (Class 2A) boys’ cross-country team ran away from the field on Saturday (Sept. 11) in the 10-team Halberg Invitational, in Springfield. The Bulldogs finished with a team composite of 44 points in the 53rd annual event. Runner-up Chatham Genwood had a point total of 93. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Led by its most balanced offensive attack of the football season, Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten Bulldogs took down state-ranked Mount Zion 35-27 on Friday (Sept. 10) in the M-S home-opener. Mount Zion was ranked seventh in Class 4A. M-S was ranked 15th in Class 5A, but will likely […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Surely I’m not the only person who associates memories of athletic teams by one or two individuals rather than by the entire group. When identifying the 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs, I think first of Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo even though there were nearly two […]
