By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour scored goals in the first 90 seconds of each half on Saturday (May 18) and decisioned Lincoln, 7-1, in the IHSA Class 2A girls’ soccer regional championship match at Middletown Field. Erika Johnson registered a hat trick. Her three-goal performance raised her season total to 11 […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s third-year boys’ tennis program produced its first IHSA Class 1A state-qualifiers on Saturday (May 18). Senior Jacob Atteberry and junior Caleb Bushue advanced to the state tournament in doubles by virtue of their fourth-place finish at the Centennial Sectional. They are among the 64 doubles teams […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Madalyn Marx outsprinted two competitors in the final 15 meters on Saturday (May 18) and won the IHSA state championship in the Class 2A 400-meter dash at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Marx’s time was a school-record 56.11 seconds. She surged past the runner-up, […]
Senior Jayvon Irwin has been a dominant force for the Mahomet-Seymour track and field team, delivering outstanding performances across multiple events. In the recent Pontiac Class 2A Sectional on May 15, Irwin excelled in both individual and relay events, playing a crucial role in the Bulldogs’ team championship victory. Pontiac […]
4o By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The best-laid plans, according to a line in the famous Robert Burns poem, often go awry. That’s not necessarily bad. Mahomet-Seymour senior muti-sport standout Cade Starrick was all set to attend the University of Illinois in the fall and leave behind his days as a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Alec Bergman’s original childhood dream is a thing of the past, but his future will include an acceptable substitution goal. At one time, Bergman had high expectations in a sport he no longer favors. “Before seventh grade, I had wanted to be a college swimmer and […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won six events on Wednesday (May 15) in the 15-school Pontiac Class 2A Sectional and landed 12 state-qualifiers while winning the team championship. The Bulldogs’ sectional crown was the school’s 14th in history in the sport, but the first since 2019. M-S took an insurmountable […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s sixth shutout of the girls’ soccer season on Tuesday (May 14) came against Meridian/Sangamon Valley in a semifinal match of the M-S Class 2A Sectional. Eleven different players had either a goal or an assist – or both – in the postseason opener, a 9-0 Bulldog […]
By Fred Kroner Ava Henderson pitched a six-hitter and didn’t allow an earned run on Wednesday as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team topped visiting Taylorville, 6-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. Taylorville salvaged a split with an 8-6 triumph in Game 2. Bulldogs with hits in both games were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Reliever Miles Woolsey worked four innings and earned the pitching win on Tuesday (May 14) as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team snapped a 6-6 tie with a four-run fifth inning and posted a 10-8 non-conference win at Normal West. Woolsey (3-0) walked no one and struck out […]
