By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eight years after he began wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour senior Gage Decker is still waiting to learn about the downside of the sport. “I started wrestling back in fifth grade, and ever since that year I’ve loved every second spent competing in it,” Decker said. “It’s hard to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Cade Starrick’s two-run double in the top of the sixth inning on Wednesday (May 29) snapped an 8-8 tie and propelled the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team to a 10-9 triumph over Chatham Glenwood in a semifinal game of the Rochester Class 3A Sectional. After avenging season-ending postseason […]
By Fred Kroner Raymond Long and Nolan Johnson drove in runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday (May 25), helping Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team rally and secure their fourth consecutive regional championship in the sport. Cleanup hitter Long laced a one-out single to left field, knocking in Finn […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour juniors Travis Hoffman and Ty Clark both earned medals in the IHSA boys’ Class 2A state track and field meet on Saturday (May 25) at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Hoffman was the top M-S placer, taking fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal-best time […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour tennis players Jacob Atteberry and Caleb Bushue won two matches on Thursday (May 23) at the IHSA boys’ Class 1A state tennis tournament in Suburban Chicago. They are the first M-S players to earn wins at the boys’ state tennis meet. Atteberry, a senior, and […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team dropped a 12-2 decision at home on Wednesday (May 22) to Champaign Central in a Class 3A IHSA regional semifinal game. Kalista Granadino and Madisyn White scored the M-S runs. Madelyn Logsdon and Rio Casillas drove in runs for the Bulldogs. White’s double was […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer team dropped a 4-0 decision on Tuesday (May 21) in an IHSA sectional semifinal game at Pleasant Plains against defending Class 2A state champion Chatham Glenwood. Chatham led, 1-0, at intermission. ”M-S was unable to dethrone the defending state champs in a windy clash,” […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sophomore Max Young pitched a complete-game four-hitter on Wednesday (May 22) as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team opened the IHSA postseason series at home with a 6-2 Class 3A regional semifinal victory over Danville. In seven innings, Young walked no one and struck out eight. He permitted […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grader Grant Morphew finished as the state runner-up in the pole vault on Saturday (May 18) in the IESA boys’ Class 4A junior high track and field state meet. Morphew cleared 9 feet, 7 inches in his second-place finish. Earlier this school year, Morphew placed fifth […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade twins Cecily and Finley Smith placed first and third, respectively, in the Class 4A pole vault on Saturday (May 18) in the IESA Junior High girls’ track and field state meet. Cecily Smith’s winning vault was 10 feet, 1 inch. In placing third, Finley […]
