By Fred Kroner Freshman Paislee Welge’s five-goal performance helped the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team register an 8-0 victory on Thursday (April 6) at Charleston. Emma Dallas hit a goal and added two assists. Other Bulldog goals were by Gwen Cambron and Taylor Dietz. Ella Walk also recorded two assists. Teammates […]
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Scouts from 30 MLB teams come to Mahomet-Seymour to watch Blake Wolters
By Fred Kroner Scouts from all 30 major league baseball teams were in Mahomet on Saturday to see two of the state’s top pitchers battle in an Apollo Conference showdown. In the end, Effingham’s Josh McDevitt outdueled M-S senior Blake Wolters, 2-0, on a day Wolters’ pitches hit 99 mph […]
Westville outlasts Mahomet-Seymour softball
By Fred Kroner Madisyn White scored both runs for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team on Wednesday (April 5), but the Bulldogs dropped a 3-2 decision at Westville. Madelyn Logsdon, who was 3-for-3, and Kenadi Granadino drove in the M-S runs. White socked two hits. Adding one hit apiece, besides Granadino, were […]
Mahomet-Seymour relays finish first Mount Zion Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes secured four first-place finishes and four second-place finishes on Saturday (April 6) in the non-scored Mount Zion Invitational boys’ track and field meet. The Bulldogs had two individual winners and two relays which were triumphant. Travis Hoffman raced to victory in the 300-meter hurdles (43.72 […]
Boyd and Marx win at Champaign County girls’ track and field
By Fred Kroner Junior Ava Boyd and freshman Madalyn Marx were individual winners on Saturday (April 8) in the 10-school Champaign County girls’ track and field meet at Urbana. Boyd dominated the field in the 1,600-meter race, posting a personal-best time of 5 minutes, 19.71 seconds. She finished 9.48 seconds […]
Bulldog soccer picks up two wins
By Fred Kroner One day after it shut out Urbana, 8-0, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team opened Apollo Conference play on Tuesday (April 4) with a 1-0 victory at Mount Zion. The schools battled to a scoreless first half. “The girls’ soccer team secured a hard-fought victory on the road […]
M-S sweeps Lincoln in Apollo Conference game
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team picked up its first two wins of the season on Tuesday (April 4) at home, sweeping an Apollo Conference doubleheader from Lincoln. M-S won the first game, 2-1, scoring the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the nightcap, the Bulldog […]
Bulldogs on nine-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team extended its winning streak to nine games on Wednesday (April 5), as Finn Randolph became the sixth Bulldog with a pitching win this spring and the fourth as the winner in a shutout when M-S blanked visiting Villa Grove, 10-0. Randolph worked five innings, […]
Rob Ledin to receive Lifetime Service Award
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Rob Ledin’s association with wrestling spans almost a half-century. Not bad for someone who is 55 years old. The veteran Mahomet-Seymour wrestling head coach will be honored for his commitment, dedication and impact by the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association at its annual banquet on […]
Nick Golden to play football at North Central College
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nick Golden realized it was best to make an informed decision rather than a quick decision when it came to his collegiate future. He took visits – starting as a junior and continuing as a senior – to universities of different sizes in different areas (five […]