By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron made a team-high 16 points, but M-S was unable to hold onto a halftime lead and dropped a 65-45 decision to visiting Danville on Monday in a non-conference girls’ basketball game. Orgeron has led the team in scoring in four of the last six […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs placed second on Saturday in the six-school Illini Prairie Conference Invitational at Stanford Olympia. Meet champion Pontiac amassed 495 points. M-S totaled 381, one point more than third-place Bloomington Central Catholic. Charleston was fourth with 324 points. Bulldog diver Max Katz won his specialty and […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten Bulldogs advanced to the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament based on results from Saturday’s regional at Mahomet-Seymour. All 14 varsity wrestlers made a contribution to the school’s sixth consecutive regional championship. Every athlete in coach Rob Ledin’s lineup won at least one match and 13 helped […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs extended their winning streak to four games with consecutive Apollo Conference wins to end the week. M-S traveled to Mount Zion on Friday and returned home with a 71-58 victory. On Saturday at home, the Bulldogs reached their highest point total of the season, outscoring […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a team-high 19 points on Thursday as the Bulldogs topped Charleston 66-57 to snap a three-game losing streak and defeat a team they had lost to previously. Orgeron and Ashley Wheeler were the top M-S rebounders with seven apiece. The Bulldogs led 17-9 after […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grammy-winning producer and writer Nick Monson thought he had a pretty clear idea about his life’s path as a teen-ager. He would go to college, play basketball and – at some point – join the coaching ranks. “My identity when I was in Oakwood was very athletics-oriented,” […]
The Bulldogs will host a Class 2A regional tournament on Saturday. First-round matches will start at 9 a.m. The team favorite is Bloomington, which is ranked ninth in this week’s state poll by The Illinois Best Weekly. M-S is ranked 22nd. Also in the eight-school field is 19th-ranked Normal West. […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour scored nearly half of its points in the fourth quarter on Monday, but lost a 63-48 non-conference girls’ basketball decision at home to Urbana. The Tigers led 49-25 after three quarters. Savannah Orgeron and Makayla Rosenbery were the Bulldogs’ top scorers, each finishing with nine points. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs didn’t let the first three quarters affect what transpired in the fourth period on Tuesday. After three quarters in a non-conference boys’ basketball game at Normal Community, M-S was 0-for-4 from the free throw line. During the last eight minutes the team sunk 9 of […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Annie Bao has a feel-good goal. Whether she is thinking about her current avocation or her future profession, happiness is what she envisions as the end result. “I want to put smiles on more people’s faces,” Bao said. She started with herself. Bao has been happily playing […]
