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 […]
By Fred Kroner Five of the six Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers who were chosen for the Apollo Conference first team were unanimous selections. The Bulldogs’ universal picks were seniors Colton Crowley (220 pounds), Mateo Casillas (195 pounds), Camden Harms (285 pounds), Caden Hatton (113 pounds) and Brennan Houser (182 pounds). Crowley was […]
By Fred Kroner In a baseball season-opener on Wednesday (March 15) where each team managed just four hits and neither pitcher allowed an earned run, Harrisburg handed Mahomet-Seymour a 3-1 loss in Southern Illinois. Braden Houchin, who stole a base, tallied the lone Bulldog run in the sixth inning, cutting […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grader Marco Casillas won an IESA Class 2A wrestling state championship at 145 pounds on Saturday (March 11) in the meet held at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. Casillas, who ended the season with a 41-0 record, won his first three matches at state by […]
By Fred Kroner The magical postseason run made by the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High volleyball team came to an end on Friday (March 10) with a loss in the Class 4A IESA state quarterfinals at Normal Kingsley. The Bulldogs dropped a 25-21, 25-22 decision to Channahon and finished as one of […]
