By Fred Kroner Trey Peters scored 11 points on Thursday (Feb. 16), but the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team lost its regular-season finale at Lincoln, 41-27. Peters also led the Bulldogs with seven rebounds. Finn Randolph and Jake Waldinger each tallied four points. Wyatt Bohm handed out five assists and Dayten […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team made history on Friday (Feb. 17) when it won a Class 3A regional championship at home over Normal West, 58-26. The Bulldogs’ defense allowed just three second-half field goals. For the first time in school history, the girls’ basketball program has captured […]
By Fred Kroner What the Illinois Matman had predicted 90 days earlier became a proven fact on Saturday (Feb. 18) at the University of Illinois State Farm Center. The No. 1 Class 2A 195-pound wrestler in the state is Mahomet-Seymour senior Mateo Casillas. He was ranked in the top spot […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Quenton Rogers had almost reached a decision. He was close to finalizing a choice that would affect his entire athletic path at Mahomet-Seymour. It was the fall of 2019. Rogers was about to start his freshman year at M-S. He had played basketball and football for […]
By Fred Kroner Three players scored in double figures on Tuesday (Feb. 14) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team advanced into the Class 3A IHSA regional championship game in the Bulldogs’ gymnasium. Second-seeded M-S kayoed Danville, 55-23, in the semifinals and will return to the court at 7 p.m. on […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Hayden Grotelueschen was the individual winner for Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team on Friday (Feb. 10) in the 3,200-meter race at the Normal West Wildcat Indoor Invitational at Illinois Wesleyan University. Grotelueschen was timed in 10 minutes, 12.14 seconds and held a 16.48-second margin of […]
By Fred Kroner State-ranked and unbeaten Lincoln made Mahomet-Seymour its 30th consecutive victim on Thursday (Feb. 9) in a 65-46 decision in the Bulldogs’ gym. The Apollo Conference contest marked the regular-season finale for both squads. M-S led, 10-9, after one quarter, but had fallen behind, 25-17, by halftime. Durbin […]
By Fred Kroner Seventh-ranked Peoria Richwoods outraced Mahomet-Seymour, 69-49, in the Watchfire Signs Shootout at Danville on Saturday (Feb. 11). Jake Waldinger led the Bulldogs with 13 points. He hit three three-point shots. Trey Peters had 12 points and Dayten Eisenmann contributed seven points. Peters cleared a team-high five rebounds. […]
By Fred Kroner Six Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers – five of whom are seniors – secured top-four finishes on Saturday in the IHSA Class 2A Highland Sectional and qualified for the state tournament. The senior qualifiers are Caden Hatton (113 pounds), Brennan Houser (182 pounds), Mateo Casillas (195 pounds), Colton Crowley (220 […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Winter Guard placed first in both Winter Guard and Tall Flag at the Villa Grove IDTA Regional on Feb. 5. Rachael Corson placed second with her flag solo and qualified for IDTA State. The team will travel to Springfield for State Finals February 11.
