By Fred Kroner Thanks to a strong finish on Tuesday (Dec. 12), the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ wrestling team topped Clinton, 47-28, in a dual meet at Clinton. M-S held a precarious 30-28 lead with three matches remaining, but DeAndre Hughey, Gage Decker and Cale Hillard closed out the victory. Hughey recorded […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team did a total turnaround in overtime on Monday (Dec. 11) and salvaged a 47-43 overtime win at Tolono Unity. During regulation, M-S connected on 3 of 13 free throws, including 1-for-10 in the second half and 0-for-6 in the fourth quarter. However, […]
By Fred Kroner Jackson Golden hit the 20-point mark for the first time this season for the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade boys’ basketball team on Thursday (Dec. 7) as the undefeated Bulldogs raced past visiting Urbana, 54-37. Golden delivered a game-high 21 points. Tristen Adams wound up with 16 points, including 4-for-4 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Girls’ Basketball Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high girls’ basketball team has the chance to secure the highest state finish ever by an eighth-grade girls’ basketball team from the school. The Bulldogs (20-9) will play for third place in the IESA Class 4A state tournament against […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Kansas City Royals’ organization – headed by Paul Gibson, the Senior Director of Pitching Performance – has a master plan for the young (high school-aged baseball players) that it drafts each year. The idea is not to see how quickly they can have the talented […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some athletes have an internal push or an intense drive to succeed and achieve success at a high level. For others, there’s an external nudge, such as a quest for a college scholarship or simply the desire to play a sport beyond high school. For a […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour had two third-place finishers and one sixth-place finisher on Friday (Dec. 8) at the Pontiac Girls’ Tournament. M-S finished 11th in the 32-school event with 61 points. Winning three of their four matches and capturing third were Kalista Granadino (115 pounds) and Isabelle Leyhe (120 pounds). […]
By Fred Kroner Talon Decker went undefeated and Mahomet-Seymour wrestling teammates A.J. Demos and Noah Daniels won four of five matches on Saturday (Dec. 9), helping the Bulldogs to a sixth-place finish in the Downers Grove South Dual-Team Invitational. At 138 pounds, Decker registered pins in three of his five […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team knocked down 13 three-point shots and also connected on 14 of 15 free throws on Thursday (Dec. 7) and raced past Charleston, 67-23, at home. The Bulldogs’ 67-point performance was their second-best offensive output of the season. The victory snapped a four-game losing […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jackson Bohm and Lucas Dyer scored 12 points apiece on Friday (Dec. 8) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team blitzed visiting Effingham, 59-37, in an Apollo Conference game. M-S led, 18-10, at halftime, but pulled away thereafter thanks to a 23-point third quarter outburst. Dyer stuffed […]
