By Fred Kroner Unbeaten Effingham (7-0) broke away from a 33-33 halftime deadlock on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to hand the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team a 69-62 Apollo Conference loss at home. Effingham led 19-14 after one stanza before the Bulldogs pulled into a halftime tie with a late 8-0 run […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour made six three-point shots in the fourth quarter on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to pull away from visiting Effingham in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball game, 58-47. The win was the fourth in a row for coach Garret Risley’s team. The Bulldogs held a 36-31 lead […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade teams ran their winning streak to four matches in a row on Wednesday (Feb. 10) with two-set sweeps at Champaign Jefferson. The seventh-graders upended the Jaguars 25-8, 25-20. Erin Dallas served seven aces and Ava Yeakel landed three aces in the first […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After starting the season with back-to-back losses, the M-S Junior High boys’ basketball team has compiled a two-game winning streak. The Bulldogs dropped their first game, 42-34 at Mount Zion on Thursday (Feb. 4). Landon Hannah scored 10 points, and Nolan Franz had nine points. Chipping […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andrew Cotner is my friend. That statement is not uniquely singular to myself. In all likelihood, he has more friends than people that I know. “Part of it is his personality and his love for life,” said Michelle Ciucci, who got to know Cotner in the […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs finished second in their season-opening boys’ swim meet on Saturday (Feb. 13) in Champaign. Champaign Central was the meet winner with 81 points, followed by M-S (67 points) and Charleston (31 points). With two events left to be contested, the Bulldogs were in the lead. […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs had their first two scheduled home games postponed due to COVID-19 protocol on Friday (Feb. 12) and Saturday (Feb. 13). M-S (2-1) was to play Taylorville on Friday and Teutopolis on Saturday. The team’s next scheduled game is Tuesday (Feb. 16) at home against Effingham.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the second time in three days, sophomore Savannah Orgeron reached a season-high for points scored on Saturday (Feb. 13), sparking Mahomet-Seymour to a come-from-behind 51-42 girls’ basketball victory over visiting Teutopolis. Orgeron scored a game-high 23 points. She drilled 11 free throws in a row […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com When an event takes place, it’s usually because some people have been willing to step forward and donate their time and talents. Sometimes, those people are out front and easily identifiable by the public through interviews or serving as a spokesman for the event. More often […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Quinton McCullough registered Mahomet-Seymour’s first double-double of the boys’ basketball season on Tuesday (Feb. 9) as the Bulldogs earned a 72-54 Apollo Conference triumph at Mount Zion. The point total was a season-high for M-S, which has won back-to-back road games after starting the season […]
