BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Charleston ended Mahomet-Seymour’s softball season on Saturday with an 11-5 triumph in a Class 3A regional championship game on the Bulldogs’ field. Charleston, 29-4, scored six second-inning runs and never trailed the Bulldogs. Sam Tamburo and Aubrie Shore each collected two hits for M-S. Ashley Wheeler drove […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Saturday was a day of first for members of the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team as they competed in the 125th-annual IHSA state meet. Junior Hunter Hendershot won individual Class 2A state championships in two events, the shot put and the discus. His performances broke school […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Rick Bohlen had three hits and drove in three runs while teammate Nate McFall had two hits and drove in two runs on Monday as the Bulldogs opened postseason play with a 10-3 Class 3A baseball regional quarterfinal win over visiting Urbana. Grant Harvey also had two […]
BY FRED KRONER Mahomet-Seymour’s first girls’ soccer loss to an in-state school came in Tuesday’s Class 2A sectional semifinals and marked a season-ending setback as well as halting a 15-match winning streak. The Bulldogs dropped a 2-1 decision to Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin in a match played at Rochester High […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Karley Yergler pitched two innings of hitless and scoreless relief on Tuesday and earned the win after the Bulldogs scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to eliminate Effingham from the Mahomet-Seymour Class 3A softball sectional, 8-6. The teams had split their two regular-season meetings. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com There are students who excel academically because they naturally have a solid comprehension of the material. There are others who do well because they put in considerable time to fully learn the subject. And then, there is Jessica Berkman, the valedictorian of Mahomet-Seymour’s 227-member Class of 2019. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com There is a direct correlation between what Nick Morrow did in school and how he did in school. The Mahomet-Seymour Class of 2019 salutatorian took advantage of opportunities that required him to learn outside of the classroom. He was a four-year member of the M-S Scholastic Bowl […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Abbey Houser is a Girl Scouts troop leader who views her role as supervisor, not decision-maker. “We try to keep scouting girl-led,” Houser said. “Wherever they want to take it, our job as leaders is to make things available.” Houser said the leaders plant one seed in […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Kobe Essien struck out 12 batters in 6 1/3 innings on Thursday as the Bulldogs edged visiting Bloomington, 5-4. Essien allowed four hits and walked three. Ben Greenberger pitched the final two-thirds of an inning to pick up a save. Jordan Veldman led the 12-hit M-S attack, […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Julia McNaught drove in five runs and three teammates socked home runs on Friday as the Bulldogs closed the regular season with a 15-8 triumph at Danville. Aubrie Shore, Ashley Wheeler and Sam Tamburo were the M-S home run hitters. Overall, six of the Bulldogs’ 14 hits […]
