By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior DeAngelo Hughey was the only male athlete in Class 2A to place among the top eight runners in both the 200- and 400-meter sprint races on Saturday (March 25) in the Illinois Top Times unofficial indoor state meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. He […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brandon Rose’s career path was forged when he was a fourth-grade student at Mahomet’s Lincoln Trail Elementary School. He just didn’t realize it during the 1997-98 school year. By the time he graduated from Mahomet-Seymour High School in 2006, Rose had participated in football and basketball […]
By Fred Kroner After a scoreless first half, Mahomet-Seymour’s Paislee Welge scored a goal, assisted by Holland Martin, but Metamora netted the equalizier in the final two minutes to salvage a 1-1 tie in a girls’ soccer match played at the Rantoul Sports Complex turf fields on Wednesday (March 22). […]
By Fred Kroner Madelyn Logsdon and Jenna Wade each drilled two hits on Monday (March 20) for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team, which dropped a 7-3 decision at Tolono Unity in its season-opener. Madeleine Cortez hit a two-run double in the third inning for the Bulldogs. Wade drove in the team’s […]
By Fred Kroner With more than 20 major league baseball scouts in attendance on Monday (March 20) at Danville Stadium, Mahomet-Seymour senior Blake Wolters made an impressive showing in his first pitching assignment of the spring. Wolters pitched a three-inning no-hitter – getting nine outs by strikeout – and issued […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior DeAngelo Hughey placed fourth on Saturday (March 18) in the 200-meter run for 17-18-year-old boys in the USATF Indoor National Championships, in Louisville, Ky. His time in the finals was 22.48 seconds. He had qualified in third with a personal-best time of 22.35 seconds. The […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Madalyn Marx won the 400-meter dash on Sunday (March 19) in the USATF Indoor National Championships for girls in the 15-16 age bracket at Louisville, Ky. Her time was a personal-best one-minute-flat (1:00.00). She had the second-best qualifying time (1:00.94). The national runner-up was clocked […]
By Fred Kroner Thursday (March 16) wasn’t the best day for baseball. “Played in cold and rain, but got it in,” M-S coach Nic DiFilippo said. The game itself wasn’t a masterpiece. After scoring nine runs in the first two innings, the Bulldogs were held scoreless during the final five […]
By Fred Kroner Three freshmen notched goals in their first varsity match on Wednesday (March 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team carved out a 5-0 non-conference win at Bloomington. Ella Walk (two goals), Paislee Welge (one goal) and Hannah Creel (one goal) all found the back of the net […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mhometnews.com Sloane Davis is 5 years old, but already understands the ramifications of her mother being a dentist. “She thinks I am friends with the Tooth Fairy,” Leah Rippy Davis said. Truth be told, Sloane’s mom is regularly in touch with the Tooth Fairy, but that is […]
