BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs placed third in Saturday’s 12-team Matozzi Invitational at Hinsdale South High School. M-S, state-ranked in Class 2A in the preseason Illinois Best Weekly poll, finished behind two Class 3A schools (Bolingbrook with 207 ½ points and Neuqua Valley with 170 ½ points). The Bulldogs didn’t […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nichole Taylor set a new career-best for rebounding on Thursday, but Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball suffered a second one-point Apollo Conference road loss in four days. The Bulldogs were beaten by Charleston 41-40 despite an 11-point, 19-rebound effort from the 5-foot-7 Taylor. Charleston led 23-18 at halftime. Makayla […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman poured in 34 points Friday night and Cole Lener posted a double-double as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a victory in its home debut. The Bulldogs ran past Charleston 79-49 on Friday to improve their overall record to 2-3. Lener […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team ended the season with a narrow loss to Urbana on Tuesday in an IESA Class 4A regional semifinal game. The third-seeded Bulldogs (15-8) opened postseason play on Monday at Urbana Middle School with a 41-6 victory over Danville North Ridge. Claire Seal […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In Monday’s Apollo Conference girls’ basketball opener at Mount Zion, Mahomet-Seymour’s Bulldogs were unable to hold a lead that was 13 points entering the fourth quarter and dropped a 46-45 decision to the Braves. M-S is 4-2 overall and returns to action tonight with another Apollo Conference […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team carries a 16-game winning streak into Wednesday’s IESA sectional game at Effingham. The Bulldogs are 21-2 overall. They ended the regular season by overpowering St. Joseph 29-4 and then won back-to-back regional games, beating Champaign Edison in the semifinals, 46-15, and […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour High School wrestling was ranked 25th in the preseason Class 2A state poll issued last week by The Illinois Best Weekly. Four Bulldogs received attention in the individual state rankings, including senior 285-pounder Seth Buchanan, who was rated fifth after coming off of a 34-12 season. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened the season by winning once in the four-game Lincoln Tournament. Two of the Bulldogs’ losses were by nine points, or less. M-S placed sixth in the event. “We’ve not shot the ball very well to start the season,” M-S head coach […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team won twice on Saturday during the final day of the Prairie Central Hawk Classic in Fairbury. The Bulldogs (3-1) end the season’s first week with a three-game winning streak. In a 59-32 victory over East Peoria, Nichole Taylor posted the team’s first double-double […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com After two games, Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team has held the lead after seven of eight quarters. The Bulldogs, however, split their first two games in the Prairie Central Hawk Classic at Fairbury. In Monday’s opener, against the host Hawks, M-S carried a 40-27 lead into the final […]
