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.
Author: Fred Kroner
Three Bulldogs win events at home meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won six events on Tuesday (Feb. 9) in a five-school, non-scored indoor track meet at M-S. Springfield Lanphier, Fisher, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley and Hoopeston Area also competed in the meet. In three events, M-S swept the top three positions. Ethan Ramirez led a trio of Bulldogs […]
Bulldogs use two overtimes to defeat Normal University
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team is spending extra time on the court as the regular season nears an end. Three days after posting an overtime victory, M-S needed two overtimes on Monday (Feb. 6) to subdue Normal University, 61-55, at home. The teams were tied, 44-44, after regulation […]
Bulldogs defeat Urbana in overtime
By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann just missed a double-double on Tuesday (Feb. 7) at Urbana, scoring 18 points and grabbing nine rebounds in Mahomet-Seymour’s 70-68 overtime triumph against the Tigers. Eisenmann also handed out five assists. The M-S offense also featured 16 points from Wyatt Bohm, 15 points from Byron […]
Nick Tjahjadi to play soccer at McKendree University
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It could be easy to consider the signing of a letter-of-intent to play a sport in college as the end to fulfilling a goal. Don’t tell that to Mahomet-Seymour senior Nick Tjahjadi. For him, when he put his signature on a piece of […]
Bulldogs sweep last two matches
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade volleyball team has a four-match winning streak after sweeping Champaign Edison at home on Monday (Feb. 6), 25-22, 25-20. Prior to that, the seventh-graders won at Normal Parkside on Thursday (Feb. 2), 25-23, 25-22, and at Rantoul Eater on Tuesday (Jan. 31), 25-7, 25-8. […]
Bulldog place second at Northern Illinois Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team placed second in the three-school Northern Illinois Invitational. Byron (297 points) was first, M-S (245) was the runner-up and a school the Bulldogs had lost to previously, LaSalle-Peru (195 points) ended in third place. M-S captured 16 personal bests and Owen Kearns reset […]
Bulldogs edge out Taylorville in Apollo Conference win
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour needed overtime on Friday (Feb. 3) but was able to avenge a loss at Taylorville by virtue of a 42-34 Apollo Conference decision. The teams were tied, 33-33, after regulation. When the schools played in Mahomet in December, Taylorville won by two points. Savannah Orgeron logged […]
Mahomet-Seymour defeats Effingham on Senior Night
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour seniors scored in double figures on Saturday (Feb. 4) and helped the Bulldogs to a 61-44 victory at home over Effingham in the M-S Senior Night game. Jake Waldinger hit a team-high 11 points, the fourth time in the past five games he has been […]
Bulldogs win 9th consecutive regional title
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team won its ninth consecutive Class 2A regional championship at home on Saturday (Feb. 4). M-S took top honors in a seven-school field with 239 points. The regional crown was the 40th in school history in wrestling. All 14 Bulldog grapplers placed among the top […]