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 […]
By Fred Kroner Jackson Bohm and Landyn Hannah each scored six points in the second quarter on Tuesday (Dec. 5) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team broke loose from a 12-12 deadlock and created a 30-21 halftime lead in an Apollo Conference contest it went on to win, 60-43, at […]
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers went 2-0 on Tuesday (Dec. 5) as the Bulldogs opened the home portion of their schedule by splitting two dual meets at home. Winning twice for the Bulldogs were Justus Vrona (126 pounds), Talon Decker (138 pounds), DeAndre Hughey (150 pounds), Gage Decker (157 […]
By Fred Kroner Reese Gallier scored nine points on Tuesday (Dec. 5) to lead the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team, which dropped a decision at home to Peoria Notre Dame, 69-27. M-S trailed, 14-9, after one quarter before Notre Dame (9-1) used a 22-6 second-quarter spree to take an insurmountable lead. […]
