By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball season ended on Wednesday (Feb. 21) exactly the way it started on Monday (Nov. 20) – with a loss to Champaign Centennial. The Wednesday rematch was in the semifinals of the Decatur Eisenhower Class 3A IHSA Regional Tournament and the Chargers prevailed, 66-26. In […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour sprinter Jayvon Irwin won the 60-meter dash and placed second in the 200 meters on Tuesday (Feb. 20) in a nine-school, non-scored indoor track and field meet at Mount Zion. Irwin’s time in the 60 meters was 7.33 seconds. He ran 24.26 in the 200 meters. […]
By Fred Kroner For the fourth time in the past five years, the Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team has qualified for the Elite Eight in the Class 2A team-dual series. The Bulldogs upended Lincoln, 50-18, on Tuesday (Feb. 20) in the sectional finals at Taylorville. M-S won 10 of 14 matches and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team couldn’t hold onto an early lead against state-ranked Quincy Notre Dame and dropped a 63-46 decision in a Class 3A IHSA sectional semifinal game at Decatur MacArthur on Tuesday (Feb. 20). The Bulldogs vaulted into a 13-10 lead after one quarter, allowing […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior Gage Decker compiled a 2-2 record at the IHSA state wrestling meet and ended one win away from a state medal. Both of Decker’s wins at 157 pounds in Class 2A at state, which ended on Saturday (Feb. 17) at the UI State Farm Center, […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour qualified two individuals and one relay for the boys’ swimming state meet during an 11-school sectional tournament on Saturday (Feb. 17) at Centennial High School. The Bulldogs also shattered eight school records and finished with a strong third-place team showing. Seniors Aron Varga (200-yard individual medley) […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Fifteen days into February, a Feel-Good Story of the Year surfaced at Danville High School. Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team made a case for themselves by virtue of their 53-40 victory over Decatur MacArthur on Thursday (Feb. 15) in the championship game of the Danville Class 3A […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team put themselves in contention for a Class 3A regional championship on Tuesday (Feb. 13) with a come-from-behind win over Danville on the Vikings’ court. M-S trailed, 14-13, after one quarter. The teams were tied 29-29, entering the fourth quarter. Reese Gallier fired in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Normal University High more than doubled the score on Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team in the first quarter of a Tuesday (Feb. 13) non-conference contest in Mahomet. U-High led, 25-12, after one quarter and was still in control, 53-44, entering the final eight minutes. The Bulldogs held […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team has a five-match winning streak following a 4-3 start to the season. The streak started with a 25-10, 25-12 win at home over Tolono Unity on Saturday (Jan. 20). That was followed by a 22-25, 25-12, 25-22 win at Champaign Jefferson on Thursday […]
