By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour went scoreless in the first quarter of Thursday’s home game against Normal West and dropped a 63-40 non-conference girls’ basketball decision to the Wildcats. Normal West carried a 35-11 lead into halftime. Two freshmen led the Bulldogs in scoring. Savannah Orgeron tallied 12 points on the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nyah Biegler found herself at a crossroads before she found herself behind the wheel of an automobile. Entering Mahomet-Seymour High School as a freshman in the fall of 2017, Biegler was an accomplished soccer player who had competed in the sport for more than half of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even as he reached another milestone in his coaching career on Thursday, Mahomet-Seymour’s Rob Ledin was looking ahead. The person who is the longest-tenured wrestling head coach in the history of the storied Bulldog program (which has 29 individual state champions and 13 top-three state finishes […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A 21-win season for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end on Wednesday with a 44-32 Class 4A IESA regional championship game loss to Danville North Ridge. M-S ends the season with a 21-4 record. Following an 0-2 start to the season, the […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman’s 29-point, nine-rebound performance sparked the Bulldogs to their second narrow win in four days on Tuesday, a 62-60 verdict over Bloomington. The Bulldogs built a 36-26 lead at halftime. “We played a great first half,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We were able to get […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Eight players scored points on Tuesday, but no one reached double figures as the Bulldogs recorded their third consecutive win, a 41-28 triumph at St. Thomas More. Savannah Orgeron led the balanced Bulldog attack with eight points. Makayla Rosenbery scored seven points, Durbin Thomas ended with seven […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
