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 […]
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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 […]
M-S Swimmers set school records at Urbana Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s short-handed girls’ swimming team – just six swimmers and one diver were available – set two school records and five other personal bests on Saturday (Oct. 7) in the Urbana Invitational. Diver Bella Almaroad shattered the one-meter mark for 11 dives with a score of 291.55. […]
Mahomet-Seymour volleyball pulls to front of Apollo Conference rankings
By Fred Kroner In a showdown between the top two teams in the Apollo Conference, Mahomet-Seymour swept past visiting Taylorville, 26-24, 25-19, on Thursday (Oct. 5). Each school entered the match with 6-1 league records. M-S is now in sole possession of first place with two league matches remaining. Sparking […]
Boyd places fifth at Gene Jones Runnin’ Red Invitational
By Fred Kroner Senior Ava Boyd set the pace for Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Oct. 7), running fifth in the 232-runner Gene Jones Runnin’ Red Invitational at Black Patridge Park, in Metamora. On a course laid out at 2.94 miles, Boyd crossed the finish line in 17 minutes, […]