By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After splitting their six singles matches with Mount Zion, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team captured wins in two of the three doubles matches and posted a season-opening dual-meet win, 5-4, at the University of Illinois on Thursday (Aug. 19). Teaming up for doubles wins for the […]
By Fred Kroner Ainsley Winters was the medalist on Tuesday (Aug. 17) in the season-opening girls’ golf dual match for Mahomet-Seymour. Winters fired a 44 at Lake of the Woods and finished four shots ahead of the runner-up, teammate Kayla McKinney (48). M-S won the dual meet over Tuscola, 201-229. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With two individuals securing top-10 finishes and a third missing that placement by one stroke, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team opened the season on Monday (Aug. 16) by capturing team honors in the 15-school Urbana Tiger Kickoff Classic at Urbana Country Club. M-S’ composite team score […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs opened their girls’ cross-country season on Tuesday (Aug 17) with a dual-meet victory at Tolono Unity. M-S had 11 of the first 15 finishers and won the dual meet for seventh- and eighth-grade runners, 25-34. Eighth-grader Madalyn Marx was the runner-up in the 2-mile race […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team improved its season record to 2-0 on Tuesday (Aug. 17) with a 2-1 victory at Normal Chiddix. Pinch-hitter Pierce Douglas broke up Chiddix’s no-hit bid with a fifth-inning hit. Matthew Kirby delivered a hit before Max Young’s sacrifice bunt attempt wound […]
By Fred Kroner Kate Severns pitched a three-hit shutout on Saturday (Aug. 14) as the Mahomet-Seymour junior high softball team blanked visiting Danville North Ridge7-0. Severns struck out nine batters in seven innings. A run-scoring double by Ava Yeakel lifted M-S into a 1-0 first-inning lead. The Bulldogs erupted for […]
By The Mahomet Daily Two players fired holes-in-one on Wednesday (Aug. 11) during Men’s Association golf league play at Lake of the Woods. They each aced the 17th hole, but shot from different tees. Gary Denzer, of Mahomet, used a 4-iron on the 196-yard hole. Witnessing his feat were Mark […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are a myriad of stories about how the coronavirus affected high school athletes. Missed games. Missed seasons. Missed opportunities. It has generally been viewed as a negative. For Mahomet-Seymour graduate Delaney Smith, some of the implications were positive. As a freshman and sophomore in the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s offense has struggled to start the junior high softball season, scoring three runs in its first three games. On Thursday (Aug. 5), M-S dropped a 7-0 decision at Monticello. Brooklyn Tufte was 2-for-2. Starting pitcher Addison Schulze struck out eight batters in six innings. On […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kyle Nofziger ran a race on Saturday (Aug. 7) that didn’t provide instant gratification. The Mahomet-Seymour senior-to-be was one of the participants in the annual RunMahomet event, a fundraiser for the Mahomet Area Youth Club which concludes with a half-marathon race. When the teen-ager completed the […]
