4o By Fred Kroner All-tournament selections Ellie Barker and Lily Bosworth sparked the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team to wins in four of five matches at the Lincoln Tournament on Saturday (Sept.14) and a fifth-place team finish. Bosworth pounded 42 kills to go with 12 blocks while Barker landed 37 kills and […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Sycamore Edges Mahomet-Seymour 21-13 in Hard-Fought Battle; Bulldogs Lose Senior Star Trey Peters to Injury
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Many of the numbers in Friday’s Class 5A high school football showdown at Frank Dutton Field between Class 5A heavyweights, fifth-ranked Sycamore and ninth-ranked Mahomet-Seymour, favored the Bulldogs. M-S held possession of the ball for 30 minutes and 17 seconds, ran 79 plays and accumulated 22 […]
Dick Watkins to Be Honored in Mahomet-Seymour 2024 Hall of Fame for Transformative Impact on High School Band Program
M-S 2024 Hall of Fame class Mary Kelly, Class of 2002 Bodie Reeder, Class of 2005 Tom Shallenberger, Class of 1978 Dick Watkins, Teacher 1973-2006 Induction date: Friday, Sept. 20 vs. Charleston By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Dick Watkins is accustomed to building from the ground up. Raised on a 350-acre […]
Mahomet-Seymour Tennis Dominates Paris with 9-0 Sweep, Extends Undefeated Streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes swept seven matches in straight sets on Tuesday (Sept. 10) en route to a 9-0 dual-meet victory in girls’ tennis at Paris. At No. 1 singles, Adella Bird beat Emerson Barrett, 6-1, 6-1.At No. 2 singles, Holland Martin bounced Bella Moreschi, 6-2, 6-2.At No. 3 […]
Claybrooke Leads Mahomet-Seymour Golfers to Sweep with Season-Best 33 at Willow Pond
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour golfers recorded the five best scores on Tuesday (Sept. 10) in a three-school meet at Rantoul’s Willow Pond Golf Course. Medalist Reis Claybrooke fired a season-best 33 to win by three strokes over teammate Jackson Bohm (36). Trailing them were Kelton Hennesy (37), Cole Thrasher (37) […]
Mahomet-Seymour Medley Relay Sets School Record in Tri-Meet; Bulldogs Dominate Danville, Fall Short to Champaign Central
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s 200-yard medley relay unit – featuring Karsyn Johnson, Callie Lu, Maddie Logsdon and Claire Waggoner – set a school record on Tuesday (Sept. 10) in a three-school meet at Centennial High School. They teamed up for a time of 2 minutes, 0.31 seconds while placing second […]
Barker Leads Bulldogs to Dominant Sweep Over Mattoon in Conference Opener
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ellie Barker logged six kills, eight digs and one block on Tuesday (Sept. 10) as Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team opened Apollo Conference action at home with a two-set sweep over Mattoon, 25-10, 25-9. Erin Dallas contributed 11 assists and four digs. The Bulldogs won the junior varsity […]
Reis Claybrooke Leads Mahomet-Seymour Boys’ Golf to Fourth-Place Tie at Danville Invitational
By Fred Kroner Reis Claybrooke (76) posted the top score for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team on Friday (Sept. 6), helping the Bulldogs to a tie for fourth place in the 20-school Danville Invitational at Turtle Run. Meet champion Normal U-High (292) was followed by Benton (298), Mount Zion (309) […]
Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Tennis Dominates Schlarman and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Extends Undefeated Streak to 5-0
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept the six singles matches on Thursday (Sept. 5) and handed Schlarman Academy an 8-1 loss in a girls’ tennis match at the Middletown Courts. Senior Charlotte Mercer captured an 8-1 win at No.1 singles. The Bulldogs have six seniors this year and each one has […]
Mahomet-Seymour Volleyball Claims Centennial Tournament Championship, Avenges Loss to Champaign Central
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team beat all four opponents it faced – including one it had lost to three days earlier – and won the championship of the Centennial Tournament on Saturday (Sept. 7) M-S started tourney play by defeating Rochester, 25-17, 18-25, 15-6 and then won a rematch […]