By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour athletes finished in the runner-up position on Saturday (March 9) in the Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational at Mount Zion. Placing second were senior Jayvon Irwin (60-meter dash in 7.39 seconds), junior Travis Hoffman (60-meter hurdles, 9.30 hurdles) and sophomore Henry McMurry (1,600 meters, 4:42.10). In […]
Two Mahomet-Seymour senior athletes were individual winners on Saturday (March 9) in the Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational at Mount Zion. Ava Boyd won the 1,600 meters with her fastest time of the season, 5 minutes, 21.22 seconds. She finished 2.83 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer. Lauren Burr was the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Noah Daniels placed third on Sunday (March 10) in the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Freshman-Sophomore state tournament in Springfield. Daniels, who weighed in at 197.8 pounds, won five of six matches in the 215-pound weight class in the event which started on […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Going away to college won’t be as difficult for Mahomet-Seymour senior Luke Johnson as it might be for others. Since the teen-ager was born in North Carolina, he has lived in seven states with his family, relocating to Mahomet in the summer of 2019, shortly before […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers Noah Frank, Noah Daniels and Phil Daniels all qualified for the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Freshman-Sophomore state tournament. All three are sophomores. In a sectional tournament held at Heyworth on Sunday (March 3), Frank and Noah Daniels both won their weight classes. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Seven Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestlers qualified for the IESA state tournament based on their performances on Saturday (March 2) in a 23-school sectional meet at Jacksonville. Winning their weight classes at the sectional were Marco Casillas (167 pounds) and Jayvon Tompkins (275 pounds), both of whom […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Senior DeAngelo Hughey placed second – with the state’s second-best 400-meter indoor time of the season – on Saturday (March 2) in the 43-school Cabin Fever Invitational at the Dr. Worrill Track and Field Center in Chicago. In a photo finish, Kankakee’s Jayon Morrow outstepped Hughey […]
Mahomet-Seymour’s Junior High seventh-grade volleyball team snapped a five-match losing streak on Monday (Feb. 26) with an IESA Class 4A regional quarterfinal victory over Danville North Ridge, 25-12, 25-18, at Champaign Edison. The second-seeded Bulldogs, however, had their season end on Tuesday (Feb.27) against third-seeded Charleston in a 19-25, 25-20, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Junior High wrestling team produced seven regional champions and a total of 20 sectional qualifiers on Saturday (Feb. 24) in a regional tournament that the Bulldogs hosted. Placing first at regionals were Niko Truax (2-0 with two pins at 105 pounds), Doninic Gaudio (3-0 with […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s veteran 1,600-meter relay foursome won top honors on Saturday (Feb. 24) at the Coach Basting indoor boys’ track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington. In the 23-school, non-scored meet, M-S had 18 entries. Eleven secured top-five finishes to earn medals and 14 ended […]
