By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs suffered a 4-0 loss at home on Tuesday (June 8) against Rochester in a Class 2A sectional semifinal match. M-S ends the season with a 15-3 overall record – including a 12-match winning streak – and an unblemished record (10-0) in Apollo Conference matches. For […]
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M-S baseball wins Regional, falls to Springfield in Sectional Semi-final
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team ended a 12-year drought on Monday (June 7) by winning a Class 3A baseball regional championship at home. The Bulldogs edged Centennial 2-1 to capture the school’s first postseason hardware in baseball since 2009. Since restarting the baseball program in 1972, M-S has […]
12 Bulldogs go unbeaten in matches with Effingham and Taylorville
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs continued their unbeaten ways on Thursday (June 3), winning two wrestling dual meets at Taylorville. M-S overpowered Effingham 65-6 and then blanked Taylorville 78-0, marking the fourth opponent this season in which the Bulldogs didn’t lose a match. Twelve M-S athletes were unbeaten for the […]
Koerner breaks school record, M-S Soccer advances
By Fred Kroner Junior Cayla Koerner became the top single-season scorer in the history of the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer program by notching a hat trick on Friday (June 4) in a Class 2A sectional quarterfinal win at home over Danville. M-S outscored the Vikings 12-0 at Middletown Field. Koerner had […]
Bulldog baseball advances in IHSA Regionals
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com The Bulldogs scored early and often on Friday (June 4) to end their Class 3A regional semifinal baseball game at home against Decatur Eisenhower after four innings. M-S posted a 16-0 win with pitchers Zach Courson and Braden Houchin holding the Panthers to one single. Nate […]
C.G. Facer wins Naughtin Open
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com C.G. Facer came from five shots off the pace on Sunday (June 6) to win the championship flight of the Naughtin Open by two strokes at Lake of the Woods Golf course. Facer fired an opening-round 76 on Saturday and trailed Andrew Lawson, who carded a […]
M-S Wrestling hits 20-win mark
By Fred Kroner Nine Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers won both of their matches on Tuesday (June 1) at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley as the unbeaten Bulldogs reached the 20-win mark for the season in dual meets. M-S dispatched El Paso/Gridley 60-12 and then overpowered the host Falcons 57-18. Finishing the night with an unblemished […]
M-S track and field wins l Salt Fork Invitational
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs stacked their relay foursomes on Tuesday (June 1) and recorded season-best times in three of the four, helping M-S to team honors in the seven-school Salt Fork Invitational in Catlin. M-S amassed 124 points. Runner-up Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond had 75 points. The Bulldogs’ relay highlight was the […]
Three Bulldogs move onto Class 2A State series
By Fred Kroner Senior Shaelin Ruzich qualified for state in two events, junior Cece Abramson advanced in one event and junior Elizabeth Sims also moved on in one event on Wednesday (June 2) for Mahomet-Seymour in the Class 2A girls’ track and field sectional meet at Kankakee. Ruzich was dominant […]
Bulldog softball wins Regional Semifinal game
Against an opponent they were 1-1 against during the regular season, the Bulldogs opened the softball postseason on Wednesday (June 2) with an emphatic 9-1 triumph over Lincoln in a Class 3A regional semifinal softball game at home. All three games in the season series were played in Mahomet. Abigail […]