By Fred Kroner Sophomore Savannah Orgeron was chosen to the five-player All-Apollo Conference second team for girls’ basketball. The 5-foot-11 Orgeron led M-S’ 8-8 team in scoring, with a 14.8 average. She made 69.6 percent of her free throws for the season and had a 5.3 rebounding average. Orgeron finished […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Warren named to Apollo Conference first-team
By Fred Kroner Senior Eli Warren was chosen for one of the six first-team berths on the Apollo Conference’s all-league boys’ basketball team. The 5-foot-10 Warren led the 10-4 Bulldogs in scoring, with a 15.2 average. He was third on the M-S team with 16 three-pointers and had a team-high […]
Bulldog volleyball tops Teutopolis
By Fred Kroner Senior Josie Hess had 10 digs as the Bulldogs overpowered Teutopolis 25-13, 25-15 in a volleyball match on Tuesday (March 23) at Mahomet. Caylee Folken had 11 assists and three aces. Ainsley Ranstead put down seven kills. In junior varsity action, Teutopolis beat M-S, 25-10, 25-20. M-S […]
Bulldogs roll past Edison for Sectional Championship
By Fred Kroner The eighth-grade M-S volleyball team pulled together to earn an IESA Class 4A sectional championship in their season-ending match on Thursday (March 18). Playing at Champaign Edison, the Bulldogs rolled past Edison, 25-11, 29-27. In the second set against the Comets, M-S had to overcome a 14-10 […]
Mahomet-Seymour Volleyball Captures Sectional Championship
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade volleyball team added an IESA Class 4A sectional championship to the regional title it earned a week earlier. Playing at Champaign Franklin on Wednesday (March 17), M-S ripped off a 25-14, 25-11 victory over the Knights. In the first set, the Bulldogs […]
Free throws put Mahomet-Seymour over Mattoon
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs netted 12 of 15 free throws and rallied for a 28-25 win at Mattoon in the season-opener for the eighth-grade girls’ basketball squad Mattoon held an 11-4 lead after the first quarter. “They were able to shake off the rust and fight back to take […]
Dallas and Yeakel led Bulldogs in win over Mattoon
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Erin Dallas and Ava Yeakel scored eight points apiece on Saturday (March 20) as the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade girls’ basketball team opened its season with a 30-19 triumph at Mattoon. Hannah Creel tallied six points. On Monday (March 22), M-S suffered a 21-19 loss at Paris Crestwood […]
M-S Soccer ends in deadlock with Mount Zion
By Fred Kroner The scoreless streak for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer defense ended on Saturday (March 20), but the Bulldogs were able to avoid a loss in an Apollo Conference match at home against unbeaten Mount Zion. The game ended in a 2-2 deadlock. M-S trailed 2-0. “Mount Zion was […]
Adkins proud of Bulldog effort in loss to Effingham
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Schedule-makers didn’t do the Mahomet-Seymour football program any favors this spring. The Bulldogs wound up playing fourth-ranked Effingham in its opener and will face 10th-ranked Mount Zion in Week 2. On Friday (March 19), with 13 squad members missing for an assortment of reasons (including Spring […]
Bulldog Volleyball defeats Taylorville, drops two in round-robin event
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs on Thursday (March 18) continued a pattern that started in the team’s opener earlier in the week. The M-S volleyball team lost the first set to an Apollo Conference opponent before rallying for a victory in three sets. In their home opener, the Bulldogs topped […]