By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Ellie Dallas and junior Erin Dallas combined for 30 assists on Tuesday (Sept. 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team dispatched visiting St. Joseph-Ogden, 25-22, 25-14. Ellie Dallas distributed a match-high 17 assists in the Bulldogs’ season-opener. Leading the offensive attack were Lily Bosworth (nine kills) […]
By Fred Kroner Three matches into the season, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team has one of every possible outcome on the scoreboard. After winning their season-opener, the Bulldogs fought back to salvage a 2-2 tie at Centennial on Thursday (Aug. 29) before being shut out at home by Dunlap, 2-0, […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Taylor Mills and junior Emily Anand both ran career-best times on Saturday (Aug. 31), helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team to a third-place finish in the 15-school Clinton Invitational. Mills captured fifth place in the 118-runner event with a 3-mile time of 18 minutes and 15.32 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school football in the state of Illinois got its start with the first game being played in 1885. Now, in the 140th year of interscholastic football in the state, the Mahomet-Seymour program opened its 2024 season on Friday (Aug. 30) with a record-setting 69-37 victory […]
By Fred Kroner Colin Jackson and Preston Sriver scored goals on Wednesday (Aug 28) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team opened its season with a 2-1 win at Metamora. It was the first match for first-year Bulldog head coach Kerry Lippold. Jackson intercepted a pass between Metamora defenders and beat […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In her first official high school meet, Mahomet-Seymour freshman Raegan O’Donnell set a pool record at Stanford Olympia while winning the 50-yard freestyle. O’Donnell’s time (25.05 seconds) was more than a half-second better than the previous record (25.65), which had stood since 2018. To cap off […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Blumenshine and Miles Rasche shared medalist honors on Thursday (Aug. 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour junior varsity boys’ golf team opened its season with a 168-175 win over Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Willow Pond Golf Course. Blumenshine and Rasche each fired 40s. The Bulldogs’ next two scorers were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eight Mahomet-Seymour athletes earned postseason recognition on one of the all-Apollo Conference girls’ soccer teams chosen by league coaches. Four Bulldogs were first-team selections and four others earned second-team laurels. The M-S first-teamers were senior Nadia Biegler, sophomore Hannah Creel, freshman Jaycee Fancher and sophomore Paislee […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Illinois Top Dawgs/Orange wrestling team – consisting primarily of Mahomet-Seymour students — placed ninth in the Malecek Team Duals, which ended on Thursday (June 27) at the Wisconsin Dells. The Top Dawgs leader was 275-pound Jayvon Tompkins, an incoming freshman. He compiled a 6-1 record […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet’s Dana Busch scored her first-ever hole-in-one on Monday (June 24) on the fourth hole at Lake of the Woods Golf Course. She used an 8-iron on the 110-yard hole. Busch’s feat was witnessed by Susan Bates, Mary Alumbaugh and Cheryl Easter.
