By Fred Kroner Regional champions Isabelle Leyhe and Jaycee Fancher are among the four Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers who qualified for the IHSA girls’ sectional wrestling tournament. The 120-pound Leyhe and the 125-pound Fancher were victorious in their weight classes in the 45-school regional at Mount Zion on Friday (Jan. 26). Leyhe […]
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Mahomet-Seymour wrestling wins Apollo Conference Championship
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour captured its fourth consecutive Apollo Conference wrestling championship on Thursday (Jan. 25), beating the five other league schools in a series of dual meets at M-S. Against two opponents (Taylorville, 83-0, and Effingham, 84-0), the Bulldogs didn’t lose a match. M-S also defeated Charleston, 78-5, Mount […]
Bulldogs pick up Apollo Conference win
By Fred Kroner Reese Gallier and Kylie Waldinger both tallied 15 points on Thursday (Jan. 25) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team posted a 52-39 Apollo Conference victory at Charleston. Sidney Young contributed seven points and Adaline Eisenmann finished with six points for the Bulldogs. Grace Binkley totaled five points […]
State-ranked Bulldogs top Normal West
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eight Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers won matches on Wednesday (Jan. 24) as the state-ranked Bulldogs topped visiting Normal West, 40-30, and presented head coach Rob Ledin with his 500th career dual-meet win. In a Senior Night Match, three Bulldog seniors were victorious. Lukas Alstetter won by pin at […]
Cabarello, Casillas, Tompkins win at Reed Custer Invitational
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers won championships in their weight classes on Saturday (Jan. 20) at the Reed Custer Junior High Wrestling Invitational, in Braidwood. The Bulldogs titlists were Nino Cabarello (now 11-2 for the season at 155 pounds), Marco Casillas (now12-0 overall at 167 pounds) and Jayvon Tompkins […]
Both MSJHS basketball teams continue to play strong towards end of the season
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s top-seeded seventh-grade boys’ basketball team overpowered Champaign Jefferson, 60-29, on Saturday (Jan. 20) in a semifinal game of the IESA Class 4A regional tournament at Champaign Edison. A.J. Fenelus tossed in a season-high 24 points while drilling a season-high four three-point shots. Nathan Stabler scored […]
Mahomet-Seymour wrestling tops Champaign Central
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers registered pins on Thursday (Jan. 18) at home as the Bulldogs toppled Champaign Central, 56-18. The M-S pinners were Lukas Alstetter (in 3:01 at 106 pounds), Justus Vrona (in 1:28 at 126 pounds), Gage Decker (in 31 seconds at 157 pounds), Hughey Allen (in […]
Kearns and Varga lead M-S at Urbana
By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga – the only seniors on the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team – each won an individual event and helped three relays to first-place finishes on Thursday (Jan. 18) at Urbana. Kearns was the champion in the 100-yard butterfly (54.99 seconds) while Varga was […]
Bulldogs comeback to defeat Normal University
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team stormed back from a first-quarter deficit on Thursday (Jan. 18) and defeated visiting Normal University High, 51-47. The win was the first at M-S for head coach Jessi Beachey Hurless, who took over the team in mid-January after previous coach Tom Garriott resigned. […]
Chatham Glenwood defeats Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jackson Bohm was the lone Mahomet-Seymour player to score in double figures on Saturday (Jan. 20) in a 60-35 non-conference boys’ basketball loss at home to Chatham Glenwood. Bohm totaled 15 points and hit two baskets from three-point range. Miles Woolsey scored eight points and Landyn […]