By Fred Kroner Junior Elana Religioso recorded nine digs on Tuesday (Sept. 5) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team opened Apollo Conference play at Mattoon with a 25-16, 25-12 sweep. Ellie Barker totaled five kills, five digs and four service aces. Lily Bosworth posted six blocks and added two kills. M-S […]
By Fred Kroner In their season-opening meet, Mahomet-Seymour athletes Talynn O’Donnell and Bella Almaroad broke school records for the girls’ swimming and diving team in Champaign. O’Donnell, a sophomore, shattered the 2021 mark in the 100-yard butterfly. She placed second and was clocked in 1:02.09, lowering the standard set by […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten boys’ golf team snagged the team title on Wednesday (Sept. 6) at the 18-team John Macek Memorial Tournament at the University of Illinois Orange Golf Course. M-S and Effingham St. Anthony each had team composites of 303. The tie was broken by the score […]
By Fred Kroner Paige Jansen was the individual winner on Friday (Sept. 1) in the girls’ seventh-grade race at the Chrisman Junior High Cowchip Classic. Jansen ran the 2-mile course in 13 minutes, 23.6 seconds. She had a 23.8-second margin of victory. Four teammates finished among the top 20 in […]
By Fred Kroner Caleb Zulauf was the individual winner on Friday (Sept. 1) in the boys’ seventh-grade race of the Chrisman Junior High Cowchip Classic. Zulauf’s 2-mile time of 11 minutes, 56.6 seconds gave him a 23.2-second margin of victory. Four of his teammates placed among the top 20 in […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high softball team ended the regular season with two losses in the final week, but reached double figures in runs scored for the fifth time in 12 games. The Bulldogs lost their home finale, 18-2, on Wednesday (Aug. 30) to Normal Kingsley and then dropped […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One day after suffering its first loss of the season, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team bounced back to deal Champaign St. Matthew its first loss this year. On Tuesday (Aug. 29), the Bulldogs suffered a narrow 8-7 loss at Tolono Unity. On Wednesday (Aug 30), […]
By Fred Kroner In its season-opening cross-country meet on Saturday (Sept. 2), the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ team ran third in the 16-school Charleston Invitational. Meet champion Tuscola finished with 45 points. Runner-up Mount Zion totaled 72 points and M-S ended with 80 points. Two sophomores were the race leaders for the […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Ava Boyd placed third for Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 2) in the Charleston Invitational. Her 3-mile time was 18:52.05. In a race with 156 participants, six other teammates finished among the top 40. Freshman Taylor Mills was 17th (20:13.94), junior Chloe Bundren was […]
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 […]
