Mahomet-Seymour’s football team won its seventh straight game on Friday (Oct. 13) and matched a season’s high for points scored in a 49-6 Apollo Conference victory at Mattoon. For the third consecutive year, M-S completed Apollo play with an unbeaten conference record. The last time the school had teams unbeaten […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Mahomet-Seymour tennis wins first Sectional title
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Tennis Every Mahomet-Seymour entry in the Danville Class 1A girls’ tennis sectional tournament won at least one match, and both of the Bulldogs’ doubles’ teams qualified for state. Thanks to the points provided by the six M-S competitors, the Bulldogs earned their first-ever sectional […]
Mahomet-Seymour tennis defeats GCMS
By Fred Kroner For the sixth time this season, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team won every match in a dual-meet triumph. The Bulldogs knocked off Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 9-0, on Tuesday (Oct. 10) at the Middletown courts. All of the wins were in straight sets. The undefeated doubles duo of Holland […]
Mahomet-Seymour captures first place in Apollo Conference
By Fred Kroner Seniors accounted for every goal on Tuesday (Oct. 10) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team captured sole possession of first place in the Apollo Conference with a 4-1 win at home over Effingham. Brian Woodbury, Isaac Warren, Kai Jones and Nolan Wheeler netted the Bulldogs’ goals. Jones […]
Bulldogs rally to defeat Tri-Valley
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team had multiple contributors on Monday (Oct. 9) in a non-conference come-from-behind win at home over Downs Tri-Valley. Ellie Barker had a double-double with 16 digs and 12 kills as the Bulldogs prevailed, 20-25, 25-19, 25-23. Ellie Dallas totaled 15 assists to go with seven […]
McMurry and Carey earn All-Conference honors
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Henry McMurry and senior Lukas Carey earned all-conference honors for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team based on their top-10 performances in the Tuesday (Oct. 10) league meet at Taylorville. McMurry was clocked in 16 minutes, 30.9 seconds for the 3-mile race held at the Christian County […]
Boyd wins Apollo Conference championship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Ava Boyd added another highlight to her season of accomplishments on Tuesday (Oct. 10) when she outkicked Mount Zion senior Renee Ballard to the finish line to win the Apollo Conference girls’ cross-country championship. Boyd ran the 3-mile course in Taylorville at the Christian County […]
MSJHS wins Bulldog Invitational
By Fred Kroner Emma Baker tallied seven points on Thursday (Oct. 5) as the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade girls’ basketball team topped Tolono Unity, 31-5, to win the championship of the Bulldog Invitational. The Bulldogs allowed just one second-half point. Scoring four points apiece for M-S were Amelia Blackman, Cambria Clark, Kennedy […]
Bulldogs headed to IESA Class 4A state meet
By Fred Kroner Led by two top-10 runners, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High boys’ cross-country team secured a Class 4A IESA state berth based on their performance at the sectional meet held at Lake of the Woods on Saturday (Oct.7). Eighth-grader Adam Smigielski ran fourth in the 85-runner race, completing the […]
Paige Jansen wins IESA Class 4A girls’ sectional race
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Seventh-grader Paige Jansen led Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School to the IESA Class 4A girls’ sectional cross-country team title on Saturday (Oct. 7) at Lake of the Woods. Jansen was the individual winner in the 82-runner race. She ran the 2-mile course in 12 minutes and 26 […]