By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The list is long. And impressive. It’s a veritable list of major league all-stars and World Series champions, recognizing the skills they displayed as high school students. There’s Kris Bryant (2010, from a high school in Nevada), Mike Trout (2009 from New Jersey), Clayton Kershaw (2006, […]
By Fred Kroner In final Class 2A state rankings compiled by Athletic.net, coach Keith Pogue’s Mahomet-Seymour’s boys program had 26 individuals and four relays finish among the top 100 for 2023. The Bulldogs were represented in 17 of 18 total events, missing out only in the high jump. The listing […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour softball season came to an end on Tuesday (May 30) at Chatham Glenwood in a 13-0 Class 3A sectional semifinal loss to the host Titans. Glenwood has a 29-1-1 season record. The Bulldogs were limited to one single, by Jenna Wade. The only other M-S […]
By Fred Kroner The symbolism was present for the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team in its Wednesday (May 31) Class 3A sectional encounter against Rochester. As the sun was setting and as the calendar was in its final hours of the month, the winningest M-S baseball team of all-time was closing out […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school wrestlers had a difficult time staying out of Harms’ way during the 2022-23 school year. Their problems were created by Mahomet-Seymour senior Camden Harms, an undersized 285-pound wrestler (weighing in around 260) who had a penchant for pinning his opponents. Harms registered a school-record […]
By Fred Kroner The difference in the Rantoul and Mahomet-Seymour softball teams was illustrated early and often on Saturday (May 27) as the third-seeded Bulldogs won a repeat Class 2A regional championship with a 10-0 decision over the visiting second-seeded Eagles. The first two Bulldogs who stepped into the batter’s […]
By Fred Kroner They came from far and near. Some were so close, they could walk. Others boarded a plane to make the commute from Naples, Fla. A few sat on the metal bleachers behind home plate. Some sat on lawn chairs near the backstop or further back on the […]
By Fred Kroner Forty nine years ago, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team had its first state medalist in the modern era (post 1950). Only four times in the succeeding years did the Bulldogs produce more state medalists in individual events (excluding relays) than the four who took the podium […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Soccer team captured the IHSA Class 2A soccer regional championship by beating visiting Centennial 5-0 on May 20. The Bulldogs also won the Regional title in 2022. This is the sixth time in eight years Mahomet-Seymour has won the Regional Championship. Mahomet-Seymour’s season came to an end […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer team exited the postseason on Tuesday (May 23) with an 8-0 Class 2A sectional semifinal loss to Chatham Glenwood at Normal West. Glenwood will face Rochester, a 2-0 winner over Normal West in the Friday (May 26) sectional finals at 6 p.m. M-S ends […]
