By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Four Mahomet-Seymour golfers earned all-Champaign County honors on Monday (Sept. 11) after placing among the top 10 finishers in the boys’ County Golf Tournament at Lake of the Woods. Reis Claybrooke fired a 70 to edge teammate Leif Olson by one stroke for medalist honors. The […]
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MSJHS basketball kicks off 2023 season with win
By Fred Kroner Katie Hunter scored 11 points and Marley Cloward added 10 points on Tuesday (Sept. 12) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High eighth-grade girls’ basketball team opened its season at home with a 29-18 triumph over Champaign Franklin. M-S scored the game’s first 10 points. For the game, the […]
Smigielski and Zalauf finish in Top 25 at Parkside
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour runners secured two of the top 25 positions on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the 55-school Normal Parkside junior high cross-country meet. Adam Smigielski ran 11th with a 2-mile time of 11 minutes and 11.60 seconds. Caleb Zalauf was 23rd in 11:31.50. Other team leaders in a […]
Bulldog cross country finishes second at Normal Parkside
By Fred Kroner In a 53-team junior high girls’ cross-country meet on Saturday (Sept. 9) at Normal Parkside, Mahomet-Seymour’s top five runners crossed the finish line within 15.40 seconds of one another, helping the Bulldogs garner a second-place finish. Cecily Smith was the team-leader, placing 33rd in a 361-runner field. […]
MSJHS softball season comes to end in Regional loss
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high softball team exited from the Class 3A IESA regional with a first-round 21-11 loss at home against Rantoul Eater. Pitchers from the two schools combined to issue 33 walks. M-S’ Pfeifer Manuel reached base all five times she batted. She hit a single and […]
MSJHS baseball heads into Regional play on 3-game win streak
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Pitchers Preston Clark and Camden Beedy combined for a no-hitter on Wednesday (Sept. 6) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team shut out visiting Champaign Franklin, 10-0. Clark worked 4 1/3 innings, walking one batter and striking out one. Beedy threw the final 1 2/3 innings, […]
Wetherell hits second hole-in-one at Lake of the Woods Golf Course
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Mahomet’s Kelly Wetherell recorded his second career hole-in-one on Wednesday (Sept. 6) at Lake of the Woods Golf Course. Wetherell aced the 145-yard 14th hole, using a 5-iron. His feat was witnessed by Bill Elliott and Paul Pierce.
M-S Golf finishes in fifth place tie at Craig Dixon Invitational
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team finished in a fifth-place tie on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the 32-school Craig Dixon Invitational played at Meadowview and Mattoon Country Club. Team titlist Chatham Glenwood posted a team composite of 605. M-S finished at 628, along with Mattoon. No Bulldogs placed […]
Bulldog Soccer opens conference play with two shutouts
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team opened Apollo Conference play with consecutive shutouts. In their home-opener on Thursday (Sept 7), the Bulldogs blanked Charleston, 9-0. On Saturday (Sept. 9), M-S won at Lincoln, 4-0. Senior Nolan Wheeler accounted for three goals and three assists against Charleston. Sophomore Colin Jackson […]
Boyd registers career-best at First to Finish Invite
By Fred Kroner Senior Ava Boyd ran a career-best time for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 9) at the Finish to Finish Invitational at Detweiler Park, in Peoria. Boyd completed the 3-mile course in 18 minutes 2.80 seconds and finished eighth in a race with 477 runners. […]