By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Avery Allen totaled seven kills and seven digs on Tuesday (Aug. 22) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team opened its season with a sweep at Champaign Central, 26-17, 25-13. Ellie Dallas registered eight assists. Ellie Barker added six kills and three digs. Allen also contributed one block […]
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Champaign Jefferson tops Mahomet-Seymour softball
By Fred Kroner In a junior high softball game where pitchers from the two competing teams combined to issue 31 walks, Mahomet-Seymour fell short at Champaign Jefferson, 23-13, on Wednesday (Aug. 16). Pfeifer Manuel scored four runs and collected two hits to lead the Bulldogs on offense. Joelle Snodsmith tallied […]
Bulldogs pick up four wins
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Bradley Jones fired a four-inning no-hitter on Tuesday (Aug. 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team recorded a 19-1 win at Normal Chiddix. Jones walked two batters and struck out five. He did not yield an earned run. He was also one of the Bulldogs’ […]
Bulldogs capture 9 of 11 top spots at Tolono meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Adam Smigielski was the individual winner in the season-opening boys’ junior high cross-country meet on Thursday (Aug. 17) at Tolono Unity. Smigielski ran the 2-mile course in 11 minutes and 43 seconds. The runner-up was teammate Noah Crane in 12:01. In all, nine of the top […]
Arbogast’s spirit powers Mahomet-Seymour Junior High cross country team in first meet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In its season-opening meet on Thursday (Aug. 17) at Tolono Unity, the Mahomet-Seymour junior high girls’ cross-country team had the individual winners in both the 2-mile race for seventh- and eighth-graders as well in the 1-mile race for sixth-graders. Cecily Smith beat teammate Paige Jansen to […]
M-S Tennis upsets Mount Zion
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ tennis team opened its season – and the recently finished Middletown Courts at the corner of Main and Division streets – with a 5-4 upset win over Mount Zion on Thursday (Aug. 17). After splitting the six singles matches, M-S won two of three […]
Bulldogs open 2023 golf season with win at Pontiac
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour golfers Brooke Hartman, Elena Tompkins, Sydney Carleton and Jama Craig led the Bulldogs to victory in their season-opening girls’ golf meet on Thursday (Aug. 10). In a four-person scramble at Pontiac, they helped M-S post a 70, which earned the squad a nine-stroke victory. On Monday […]
Mahomet-Seymour Golf wins Tiger Kick-Off Classic
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ golf team started the week by winning one invitational and placing second in another one on consecutive days. On Monday (Aug. 14), Leif Olson fired a 75 and Reis Claybrooke came in at 76 to lead the Bulldogs to the title in the 16-school […]
Bulldogs begin baseball season with win over Normal Parkside
By Fred Kroner Marco Casillas drove in four runs on Thursday (Aug. 10) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team opened the season with a 5-3 triumph at Normal Parkside. The first of Casillas’ two two-run doubles drove in Brennan Bailey and Camden Beedy in the first inning. Casillas scored […]
MSJHS Softball defeats Champaign Franklin
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Led by the batting exploits of Joella Snodsmith and Lena Ishcomer, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High softball team snapped a three-game losing streak on Thursday (Aug. 10) in impressive fashion. The Bulldogs overpowered Champaign Franklin, 25-10, at home. For the day, M-S sent 37 batters to the […]