By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Studying our history allows us to learn about – or in some cases, remember – events that otherwise might be lost forever. It also raises questions when we discover that what we now know isn’t the way it always used to be. Surprise! My recent history […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Throughout his running career, Gabe Pommier has been surrounded by greatness. He was a member of Mahomet-Seymour’s state championship cross-country team as a high school senior (2016) and ran for Class 2A state runner-up teams as a sophomore and junior. On the track, Pommier was the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andrew Norman would agree with the sentiments of actress Judy Garland, whose character in The Wizard of Oz claimed, “There’s no place like home.” For the Mahomet-Seymour High School senior, home base is more than a building. “Baseball is like my second home,” Norman said. “COVID […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Shaelin Ruzich was the lone state-placer for Mahomet-Seymour on Friday (June 11) in the Class 2A girls’ track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Ruzich, who was seeded in a tie for fifth in the pole vault, placed eighth with a vault of […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior C.J. Shoaf had a day that started well and ended even better on Thursday (June 10). The track and field standout signed a national letter of intent to continue his career next year at the University of Illinois. Then, he got on a school bus […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Twelve Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers have earned the chance to compete in their home gymnasium one more time. In the Sunday (June 13) Class 2A Lincoln Regional tournament, 12 Bulldogs placed among the top six in their respective weight classes to qualify for the sectional meet. That sectional […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
