By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It might be a turnoff for some private pitching coaches to have Mom or Dad – or both – hanging around during a workout. Mattoon’s Bert Bradley – a former major league pitcher and a long-time MLB scout – didn’t mind a bit. He welcomed it, […]
By Fred Kroner After losing three straight games to start the boys’ basketball season, Mahomet-Seymour has produced wins in six of their last eight games. The latest win came at home on Tuesday (Dec. 19), a 64-55 triumph over Normal West. Jackson Bohm led M-S with a game-high 21 points. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Reese Gallier, who has made at least one three-pointer in every Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball game thus far, fired in 15 points on Monday (Dec. 18) as the Bulldogs ended their pre-Christmas schedule with a 46-30 win at home over Danville. Gallier bagged three three-pointers and has […]
By Fred Kroner The season-long winning streak continues for the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade boys’ basketball team, but it ended on Tuesday (Dec. 19) for the seventh-grade squad. The eighth-graders registered their 18th consecutive win of the season with a 50-26 victory at Bloomington, but the seventh-graders suffered a 57-36 loss. The […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team came home from Normal Parkside on Thursday (Dec. 14) with a fourth-place IESA state finish. The Bulldogs held an early lead against Bolingbrook Jane Addams, but wound up on the short end of a 38-22 score. M-S led 8-6 after one […]
By Fred Kroner Five Bulldogs earned top-eight finishes on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 29-school Mascoutah Invitational. The top M-S finisher was junior Brock VanDeveer, who was 6-1 at 190 pounds and placed third. He posted two pins, one in 3:44. Gideon Hayter was fifth (106 pounds), Colton McClure was […]
By Fred Kroner Four days after winning the school’s first-ever dual meet in girls’ wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour’s program brought home its first hardware on Saturday (Dec 16) from the Joe Bee Girls’ Invitational, in Springfield. With five Bulldogs placing among the top five, the Bulldogs secured the third-place trophy. Team honors […]
By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga each won an individual event and helped a Mahomet-Seymour relay to victory on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 16-school Bloomington boys’ swimming invitational. Kearns won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 50.79 seconds. Varga was victorious in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.01). […]
By Fred Kroner Reese Gallier dropped in a season-high 22 points on Saturday (Dec. 16), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team came up just short in a 52-51 overtime loss to Eureka in the first St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ shootout. Gallier also bagged five three-pointers and made 5-of-6 free throw attempts. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour fell behind, 37-2, at halftime on Friday (Dec. 15) and suffered a 62-17 Apollo Conference loss in a boys’ basketball game at Lincoln. The Bulldogs committed 23 turnovers in the loss. The only M-S points before the third quarter came on a basket by Jackson […]
