By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had champions in two girls’ events and placers in four others on Monday night in the 38th-annual News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet at Urbana High School. Poe vaulter Mara Pletcher beat all competitors with a leap of 11 feet, 2 inches. The M-S 3,200-meter […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As a teen-ager, Andrew White had a better idea what he didn’t want to do with his life than which area he would want to be his focus. “I knew physical labor wasn’t a career path I might go for,” said White, a 2004 Mahomet-Seymour High School […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High track team competed at IESA Sectionals on Monday in Mt. Zion. The following athletes qualified to compete at the IESA State Tournament in East Peoria on Friday and Saturday. Abby Bunting: 800 Meter Run, 4×400 Meter Relay Ella Scott: 800 Meter Run Durbin Thomas: 1600 Meter […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour will be represented at the girls’ track and field state meet, which starts for Class 2A competitors on Friday in Charleston, by four individuals. The Bulldogs had two qualifiers in both the pole vault and the 3,200 meters in a sectional meet held on Thursday at […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s bass fishing team secured a berth in the state finals after placing third in Monday’s sectional at Clinton Lake. The top four teams in a field of 15 schools qualified for the 11th-annual state finals. The M-S duo of C.J. McKinney and Ethan Kerry had catches […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour emerged as the Apollo Conference team champions after completion of the rescheduled boys’ track and field league meet on Friday. The Bulldogs accumulated 132 points. Runner-up Mount Zion, the host school, placed second with 118 points. M-S had double placers in both weight events. Hunter Hendershot […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The most misleading statistic in all of soccer is goalkeeper saves. The natural assumption is that a high number of saves reflects a high-quality keeper and a small number represents one that is not as strong. The truth is, that a goalkeeper who is peppered with frequent […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Maddy Wade and Cayla Koerner each scored two goals for the Bulldogs on Tuesday in a 4-0 Apollo Conference triumph at Mattoon. Due to inclement weather, the match was called 5 minutes into the second half. Koerner also had an assist. Wade (24 goals) and Koerner (20 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Every story, Margaret Rinkel will tell you, has a beginning, a middle and an ending. Her personal story started decades ago, “so far back in my childhood,” she said. She was surrounded by people who were storytellers or story readers. Hearing the words, both fact and fiction, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Dawson Finch and Jordan Veldman each collected three hits and Finch earned the pitching victory on Friday as the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs outscored visiting Rochester, 12-8, in a non-conference baseball contest. Veldman and Finch were each 3-for-4 at the plate. Teammates Rick Bohlen and Jon Latham had two […]
