By Fred Kroner Sophomore Luke Dyer came off the bench to score 13 of his team-high 15 points in the fourth quarter as Mahomet-Seymour bounced back from a five-point final-period deficit on Wednesday (Feb. 22) and handed Champaign Central a 53-49 loss in an IHSA Class 3A boys’ basketball regional […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour had two individual winners and one relay winner on Tuesday (Feb. 21) in the nine-team, non-scored Mount Zion Indoor track and field mini meet. Caleb Boykin was triumphant in the shot put (43 feet, 9 inches) and Cole Marshall took first in the triple jump (season-best […]
By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron scored 20 points and Durbin Thomas added 16 points on Tuesday (Feb. 21), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team dropped a 54-45 decision to Rochester in a Class 3A sectional semifinal game at Rochester. Scoring four points apiece were Abby Bunting and Chloe Pruitt. Thomas […]
By Fred Kroner In an IHSA Class 2A team-dual sectional wrestling match it never led until the 14th – and final – bout was completed, Mahomet-Seymour secured a return trip to the state quarterfinals on Tuesday (Feb. 21) with a pulsating 37-34 triumph over Chatham Glenwood in the Titans’ gymnasium. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high wrestling team finished the regular season with an 18-5 record in dual meets. The Bulldogs will host a Class 2A IESA regional tournament on Saturday (Feb. 25). Schools can enter up to two participants in each of the 19 weight classes. The action at […]
By Fred Kroner Travis Hoffman was a double winner on Friday (Feb. 17) for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team in a six-school non-scored indoor meet in Mahomet. Hoffman won the triple jump (37 feet, 2 inches) and the 60-meter intermediate hurdles (9.75 seconds), both of which were season-best […]
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 […]
