BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs registered pins and 11 squad members went 2-0 for the night on Tuesday as M-S defeated its final two Apollo Conference opponents. M-S overpowered Taylorville 67-9 and Charleston 65-9 in the M-S fieldhouse. Logan Petro (138 pounds) pinned both of his opponents, including one fall […]
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Mahomet-Seymour Wrestling tops Champaign Central and Pontiac
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The state-ranked Bulldogs – 22nd in Class 2A according to The Illinois Best Weekly – topped two opponents in dual meets Thursday night at Champaign Central. M-S (19-1) handled Pontiac 64-12 and Champaign Central 72-11. All 14 varsity grapplers who competed for M-S won at least one […]
Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball fights off Dunlap
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs doubled the score on Dunlap at halftime Friday night (32-16) and then needed late heroics to walk away with a 63-62 non-conference triumph. “We had to survive a furious barrage from Dunlap in the fourth quarter,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We ultimately lost our […]
Taylor’s grabs seventh double-double
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour won for the sixth time in its last eight games on Thursday, edging Bloomington Central Catholic 44-40 in a non-conference girls’ basketball game in Mahomet. Sophomore Nichole Taylor put together her team-best seventh double-double of the season. She scored 17 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Basketball ready for tournament play, Volleyball defeats Urbana
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A 17-game winning streak for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end last week, but the Bulldogs immediately started a new streak on Tuesday. M-S lost a 40-35 decision to Champaign Jefferson on Jan. 16. Trey Peters scored a team-high eight points. Gavin Hammerschmidt […]
Balanced scoring puts Mahomet-Seymour over Centennial
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten players scored, led by Nichole Taylor with 11 points, on Tuesday as M-S won at Centennial 57-25. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. Durbin Thomas registered 10 points, Makayla Rosenbery scored nine points and Sammie Beyer added seven points. Taylor also cleared a team-high nine […]
Mahomet-Seymour wrestling captures two Apollo Conference wins
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw […]
Vanderhydt’s buzzer-beats sends Washington over Mahomet-Seymour
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Washinton’s Devon Vanderheydt hit a buzzer-beater Tuesday night, sending the Panthers past visiting Mahomet-Seymour 52-50 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. “I tip my hat to the Vanderhydt kid, who hit a tough shot with a hand in his face,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We’d guarded […]
Mahomet-Seymour Swimming comes out on top at Lincoln
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs (5-2) dominated a three-school meet on Thursday at Lincoln. M-S’ winning point total of 100 was more than the other two competing schools had combined, Lincoln (57) and Stanford Olympia (23). The Bulldogs took first in all three relays and also had winning efforts in […]
Orgeron’s 17-points not enough to pull Bulldogs over Effingham
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a career-high 17 points on Thursday, but M-S suffered a 54-48 Apollo Conference loss at Effingham. Orgeron also hit a new career-high with five three-point field goals. The 5-foot-10 freshman totaled 46 points and six three-pointers in her first 16 high school games, but […]