By Fred Kroner In his first pitching outing of the season, Carter Johnson threw five innings and earned the win as Mahomet-Seymour registered an 8-1 baseball win at Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Monday (April 17). Johnson allowed four hits, one unearned run and walked two. He struck out three batters and became […]
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Marx breaks school record at Bloomington
By Fred Kroner Freshman Madalyn Marx continued her assault on the Mahomet-Seymour record books Friday (April 14) with her performance in the 22-school Bloomington girls’ track and field invitational. Marx ran away from the field in the 400 meters, posting a school-record time of 57.29 seconds. The previous M-S record […]
M-S places second at freshman-sophomore boys’ track and field meet at Centennial.
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes swept the top four places in two running events on Wednesday (April 12) in a six-school freshman-sophomore boys’ track and field meet at Centennial. In the 800 meters, Blake Dillman sprinted to a finish of 2 minutes, 1.8 seconds. Trailing him were teammates Ethan Ramirez […]
Effingham sweeps Mahomet-Seymour tennis
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ tennis team was swept, 9-0, at Effingham on Thursday (April 13). The Bulldogs (1-1) return to action on Monday (April 17) against Mount Zion at the Illini Grove courts.
Mattoon hands Mahomet-Seymour soccer its first loss
By Fred Kroner In a showdown between two of the premier girls’ soccer teams in the Apollo Conference, visiting Mattoon dealt Mahomet-Seymour its first loss of the season on Thursday (April 3), 2-1. The match was scoreless until M-S hit a goal in the second half to take the lead. […]
Bulldog softball drops three end-of-week games
By Fred Kroner Madeleine Cortez finished the week with a flourish, belting extra-base hits in three consecutive games and going 5-for-9 in that span. However, the Mahomet-Seymour softball team dropped all three games, including an Apollo Conference doubleheader loss at home on Friday (April 14) to Charleston. The Trojans pulled […]
Johnson & Casillas lead Mahomet-Seymour over Gibson City
By Fred Kroner Carter Johnson led a potent Mahomet-Seymour offense on Thursday (April 13) as the Bulldogs swatted visiting Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 15-2, in a non-conference baseball game. Johnson belted two doubles among his three hits and drove in three runs. Mateo Casillas hammered a home run among his two hits […]
Braden Houchin to play baseball and football at Augustana College
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sometimes, when faced with a choice, the best decision is to pass. Mahomet-Seymour multi-sport athlete Braden Houchin found himself in that position. As recently as last November, he was in limbo as he pondered his collegiate future and his participation in athletics at the next level. […]
Byron and Boykin sweep shot put and discuss against Monticello
By Fred Kroner Robert Byron and Caleb Boykin led a 1-2 Mahomet-Seymour sweep in both the shot put and the discus on Monday (April 10) in the Bulldogs’ only home meet of the boys’ track and field season, against Monticello. Byron was the winner in both weight events. Overall, M-S […]
Beacham and Petro win two events in meet against Monticello
By Fred Kroner Junior Meah Beacham and sophomore Kendyl Petro were double winners in individual events on Monday (April 10) for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field team in its lone home meet of the season, against Monticello. Beacham was victorious in the 100-meter dash and also in the triple […]