By Fred Kroner Senior Jenna Wade slugged a three-run home run as part of her season-high six-RBI game on Monday (May 1) as Mahomet-Seymour dominated McArthur, 18-2, in a non-conference softball game in Decatur. Teammates with two hits were Kenadi Granadino, Madeleine Cortez, Sydney Ward and Kayla McKinney. Brooklyn Dyer […]
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Mills wins two events at Mt. Zion
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grader Taylor Mills was a two-event winner on Saturday (April 29) in the 13-school Mount Zion junior high girls’ track and field invitational. Mills was the dominant runner in both the 800- and 1,600-meter races, establishing personal-best times in each. She was timed at 2 minutes, […]
Jayvon Tompkins breaks MSJHS record at Mt. Zion
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grader Jayvon Tompkins took down a 16-year-old school record on Saturday (April 29) in the Mount Zion Junior High boys’ track and field invitational. Tompkins was the runner-up in the discus with a toss of 140 feet, 2 inches. The previous mark, set in 2007 by […]
DiFilippo creates intersquad scrimmage as MLB scouts descend upon Mahomet-Seymour to watch Wolters
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Baseball Nic DiFilippo called it “creating scheduling.” His Mahomet-Seymour baseball team had a home game scheduled for Monday (May 1). The umpires were hired. It was senior Blake Wolters’ turn in the pitching rotation, which meant a full assemblage of major league scouts would descend […]
Slocum and Oyer place first at Lake of the Woods Season-Opener
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Brad Slocum and Zach Oyer combined for a 174 over the weekend and placed first in the Lake of the Woods Season-Opener. The two-day golf event concluded on Sunday (April 30). All entries played 18 holes on Saturday and 18 on Sunday, each with a different […]
DeAngelo Hughey wins 200 and 400-m races at Spartan Classic
By Fred Kroner DeAngelo Hughey was a two-event winner for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team on Friday (April 27) in the Spartan Classic at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. After placing third in the 100 meters (11.42 seconds), Hughey posted victories in the 200- (personal-best 22.84 seconds) and 400-meter […]
Boyd and Bundren win events at Urbana Invitational
By Fred Kroner Junior Ava Boyd and sophomore Chloe Bundren won individual events on Friday (April 27) for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field team in the 45th Urbana Invitational. Boyd stepped off a personal-best time of 2 minutes, 22.59 seconds in the 1,600 meters. Her closest pursuer in the […]
Hayden Mitchell wins match over James Brewer
By Fred Kroner Junior Hayden Mitchell posted the lone win for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ tennis team on Thursday (April 27) in an 8-1 loss at Lincoln. Mitchell registered a 7-5, 7-5 win over James Brewer at No. 5 singles. One other Bulldog dropped a singles heartbreaker. Leif Olson, at the […]
Bulldogs hand Lincoln a 3-1 Apollo Conference loss
By Fred Kroner Despite the absence of three starters, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team handed Lincoln a 3-1 loss on Thursday (April 27). M-S led, 1-0, at intermission. The Bulldogs are 2-0 against the Railsplitters this season. A third match could take place if both schools advance to the regional […]
St. Joseph-Ogden defeats Mahomet-Seymour softball
By Fred Kroner Rio Casillas, Kenadi Granadino and Madelyn Logsdon each swatted two hits on Thursday (April 27), but the Mahomet-Seymour softball team was unable to hold onto a 6-2 lead after five innings and lost a 13-6 decision at home to St. Joseph-Ogden. Ava Henderson pitched 5 1/3 innings, […]