By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School athletes were individual winners on Friday (April 30) in a four-school boys’ track and field meet in Mahomet. Ethan Peterka won the 1,600-meter race and Colin Tobias won the pole vault in a meet that also included Danville North Ridge, Tuscola […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs not only shut out visiting Mount Zion on the scoreboard on Thursday (April 29), but also on the field. Mahomet-Seymour’s 5-0 victory over its Apollo Conference rivals came in a match the team didn’t allow the Braves any shots on goal. M-S put up 34 […]
By Fred Kroner Abigail Akers and Aubrie Shore each finished with three hits and Karley Yergler clubbed two home runs on Thursday (April 29) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team upended visiting St. Joseph Ogden 13-3 in a five-inning game. Yergler drove in four runs. She also earned the pitching win, […]
By Fred Kroner Three Bulldogs posted pins in both of their matches on Saturday (May 1) as M-S opened the wrestling season at home with dual-meet wins over Lawrenceville (67-9) and Pontiac (76-6). At 145 pounds, both of Logan Hillard’s pins occurred in the first period. Braeden Heinold (152 pounds) […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Chase Wolters delivered three hits and drove in two runs on Friday (April 30) as Mahomet-Seymour became the first school to defeat the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team this spring, registering a 5-2 victory in St. Joseph. Chase Wagers picked up the pitching win after working four […]
By Fred Kroner Nine Mahomet-Seymour athletes received acknowledgement on the Apollo Conference all-league football teams, voted on by the coaches on Sunday (April 25). Seven of the honored Bulldogs are underclassmen. M-S had three athletes selected to the all-conference first team and six others who were accorded second-team status. Representing […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs opened Apollo Conference action in girls’ soccer on Tuesday (April 27) at home and registered a dominating 8-0 triumph over Taylorville. M-S held a 34-1 edge in shots on goal. The Bulldogs’ halftime lead was 5-0. Both Cayla Koerner and Elise Hertling had hat tricks. […]
By Fred Kroner Aubrie Shore and Karley Yergler slugged solo home runs on Saturday (April 24), but Mahomet-Seymour didn’t have enough offense and dropped a four-inning 13-3 softball decision at Normal Community. Yergler had two of the Bulldogs’ five hits. Shore, Ashley Campbell and Maddie Cortez each ended with one […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Nate McFall, Carter Selk and Will Sampson socked two hits apiece on Monday (April 26) as Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball offense more than doubled its season’s total for runs scored in an 18-3 four-inning triumph at home over Pontiac. In its first four games, M-S had tallied a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mhometnews.com Angie Rolson pictured something different than what she saw – a simple brick wall – on the side of the Corn Belt Fire Department building along Franklin Street in Mahomet. Rockford-area resident Brett Whitacre has a vision for such walls, viewing them as blank canvases waiting […]
