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 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Not all 6-foot-7 high school basketball players are created equally. Some are most comfortable – or only comfortable – with their back to the basket and playing in the low post. Others are adept on the perimeter, agile enough to handle the ball and adequate enough to […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team concluded the regular season at home on Monday by overpowering Champaign St. Matthew 42-13. It was the 13th consecutive victory for the seventh-graders, who were led by Selah Campion with nine points. Teammates Kylie Waldinger and Ellie Dallas each scored six points. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nate McFall still has half of his high school baseball career ahead of him. And yet, the Mahomet-Seymour junior catcher has a good idea of where he’ll spend the four years following his high school graduation in 2021. McFall committed to Division I Western Carolina, in Cullowhee, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team had a record-breaking end to a record-breaking season. The Bulldogs placed fifth in Saturday’s Urbana Sectional and broke school records in four events. No M-S competitors met the times needed to qualify for state. Two of the individual marks were established by freshman […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team opened the season by winning its own tournament last week. The Bulldogs opened with a 39-23 victory over Mount Zion on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Jack Gallier with 13 points and Braden Pagel with 12 points were the top M-S scorers. “Great game […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With an all-underclassman lineup – including four sophomores – Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team had a 58-second split among its top five runners and placed 11th in Saturday’s Class 2A state meet at Peoria’s Detweiler Park. The Bulldogs weren’t on the state’s radar when the season started, […]
