By Fred Kroner The top four Mahomet-Seymour runners in the varsity division of the Dunlap Invitational on Friday (Sept. 22) at Detweiller Park, in Peoria, crossed the finish line within 51.9 seconds of one another in the 2.1-mile race. Adam Smigielski was the Bulldog leader, placing seventh and covering the […]
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MSJHS girls’ cross country places fourth at Dunlap
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high girls’ varsity cross-country team took fourth in the 41-school Dunlap Invitational on Friday (Sept. 22) at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Meet champion Minooka had 117 points. M-S ended with a composite score of 215. The first six Bulldog runners in the 2.1-mie race ended […]
MSJHS girls’ basketball on 6 game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team extended its winning streak to six games after dispatching Bloomington 25-16 at home on Thursday (Sept. 21) and then adding road wins at St. Joseph 27-6 on Monday (Sept. 25) and at Charleston 42-5 on Tuesday (Sept. 26). Kennedy Lee tossed in […]
MSJHS baseball season comes to end in loss to Bloomington Evans
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team fell just short of earning a Class 3A IESA state tournament berth on Monday (Sept. 25), dropping a decision to Bloomington Evans in the sectional finals at Normal Parkside. Evans tallied three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and […]
Boyd leads Bulldogs at East Peoria Invite
By Fred Kroner Senior Ava Boyd was the top runner for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 23) in the 15-school East Peoria girls’ cross-country invitational at Illinois Central College. Boyd was timed in 19 minutes, 21.40 seconds on a muddy, hilly course. She was 14.80 seconds behind […]
Gaudio places third at East Peoria Invitiational
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Augustus Gaudio placed third for Mahomet-Seymour on Saturday (Sept. 23) in the 185-runner East Peoria boys’ cross-country invitational at Illinois Central College. Gaudio’s 3-mile time was 16 minutes, 17.30 seconds. In the team chase, M-S placed fifth in the 15-school invitational with 121 points. Meet champion […]
Mahomet-Seymour golf wins Better Ball Tournament
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ golf team was victorious on Saturday (Sept. 23) in the Unit 5 Better Ball Tournament in Normal at Ironwood Golf Course. The format paired up teammates with the best score on each hole counting. The duo of Kelton Hennesy and Jacob Schudel carded a 72. […]
Mahomet-Seymour volleyball beats Charleston in two sets
By Fred Kroner Ellie Dallas recorded 13 assists and Brianna DiFilippo added six assists on Thursday (Sept. 21) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team scored a two-set sweep at home over Charleston 25-10, 25-12. Sydney McKinney landed four kills. Dallas had four digs and one service ace. M-S (15-3) returns to […]
Martin and Bird win seventh consecutive match
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten doubles duo of Holland Martin and Adella Bird won their seventh consecutive match on Saturday (Sept. 23) to highlight the Bulldogs 6-1 dual-meet victory in a girls’ tennis match at Lincoln. Martin and Bird topped Sarai Jackson and Ines Otero, 8-1. The Bulldogs also won […]
Bulldogs win homecoming game over Taylorville
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Coordinating the defense for the Mahomet-Seymour football team is not a one-man job. Assistant coach Henry Turek makes the calls for the linemen and linebackers. Another assistant, Jason Murphy, takes care of the calls for the defensive backs. “It’s like having two defenses,” M-S head coach […]