By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won four of five matches in the two-day Edwardsville Volleyball Tournament and captured fifth place. The Bulldogs dropped their opener against Breese (21-25, 32-30, 15-10) and then rebounded to defeat Edwardsville (25-19, 25-23), Decatur Eisenhower (25-10, 25-15), Pleasant Plains (25-17, 25-23) and O’Fallon (25-19, 28-26). M-S […]
By Fred Kroner With four individuals placing among the top 10 on Friday (Sept. 1) in the 20-school Danville Invitational at Turtle Run, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ golf squad captured the team championship. The Bulldogs had a composite of 299, matching their season best. M-S beat runner-up Mount Zion (323) by 24 […]
By Fred Kroner Led by all-tournament selections Isaac Warren and Kai Jones, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team won two of three matches and placed second in the two-day Urbana Soccer Invitational. The Bulldogs opened tourney play with a 3-2 triumph over Mascoutah and then topped Marion, 8-0, in the semifinals. Warren […]
By Fred Kroner Playing its third home match of the season on Thursday (Aug. 31) at the Middletown Courts, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team overpowered Danville Schlarman Academy, 8-1. All eight of the Bulldogs’ wins were in straight sets. In singles the victories belonged to Adella Bird (6-1, 6-0 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com What a difference a week makes. Seven days after allowing 350 yards rushing in the season-opener, the Mahomet-Seymour football team went the other direction – big time – and put together a defensive effort that held state-ranked Highland (No. 7 in Class 5A) to negative yards […]
By Fred Kroner Ellie Barker smashed six kills to go with five digs and one service ace on Tuesday (Aug 29) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team posted its third successive two-set sweep, 25-21, 25-15 at St Joseph-Ogden. Addie Eisenmann registered four digs and three aces. Teammate Ellie Dallas amassed 14 […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday (Aug 29) in their Apollo Conference opener at Mount Zion. The match was a showdown between the top two teams in the conference in 2022. Mount Zion has a 2-0-1 season record. M-S also ended in […]
By Fred Kroner In its second home meet at the Middletown Courts, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team triumphed over Centennial, 9-0. M-S athletes won all six singles matches as well as the three in doubles in straight sets. The Bulldogs’ singles winners were Savannah Amatyleon (6-4, 6-1 at No. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Reis Claybrooke won medalist honors on Monday (Aug. 28) in a three-school boys’ golf meet at Monticello Country Club. Claybrooke carded a 36 and earned a one-stroke victory. Tying for third were M-S teammates Kelton Hennesy and Jacob Schoudel with 38s. Leif Olson finished in […]
By Fred Kroner Bradley Jones had an auspicious start on the mound Saturday (Aug. 26) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team returned to action after a one-week layoff. Jones yielded a single to the first batter and then issued two consecutive walks to load the bases with no outs. […]
