By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It took seven games for Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team to record its first shutout of the season. Then, the Bulldogs needed just one more day to register their second shutout. Playing at Champaign’s Spalding Park on Thursday (Sept. 10), M-S blanked Champaign Franklin 11-0. M-S […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com *All photos and video submitted The fans were in position. The National Anthem was played, on cue. The race starter followed with a countdown, announced through a Bluetooth speaker, going from 10 to the firing of the airhorn after reaching the number one. With that brief […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Ainsley Winters led the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golf team to victory on Thursday (Sept.10) in a three-school meet at Decatur’s South Side Country Club. Winters fired a season-best 45. M-S’ team composite score was 215. Runner-up Mount Zion totaled a 219 and third-place Lincoln finished at […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Erik Christianson posted the low score for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team on Tuesday (Sept. 8) and placed third individually in a dual meet loss to Monticello at Lake of the Woods. Christianson fired a 41. Jameson Drinkwalter shot a 42 and tied for fourth. Placing […]
By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had two top-10 performers, but placed third as a team in the Chrisman Cowchip Classic. Eleven schools entered full teams. Avah Turner and Chloe Bundren were the M-S leaders. Turner ran the 2-mile course in 13 minutes, 55.0 seconds and placed seventh in a field […]
By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com With an all eighth-grade lineup, the Bulldogs placed third at the Chrisman Cowchip Classic, which was held over a two-day period (Thursday, Sept. 3 and Friday, Sept. 4). There was little separation between the top three schools. Meet champion Champaign St. Matthew had a score of 79 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team needed a two-out, walk-off double from Gavin Bailey in the bottom of the seventh inning to salvage a 3-2 triumph over Champaign St Matthew on Thursday (Sept. 3) in Mahomet. Bailey’s hit, combined with an error on the play, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Zach Courson continued his consistent season on Thursday (Sept. 3), leading the Bulldogs past Urbana 173-192 in a boys’ golf dual meet at the University of Illinois Blue Course, in Savoy. For the sixth time in seven meets, Courson posted the Bulldogs’ best score. His […]
The Bulldogs followed up on a team win in their first meet with another team title in their second meet, Saturday’s 11-school Charleston Invitational. “It will probably be one of the largest meets we run in this season,” M-S coach Jama Grotelueschen said. “Charleston and all of their volunteers did […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Lake of the Woods has been the site of three hole-in-ones in a four-day span. On Wednesday (Sept. 2) it was Susan Bates’ turn. She aced the eighth hole (104 yards), using an 8-iron. Witnessing her feat were Dana Busch, Cheryl Easter and Carmileta Clark. […]
