By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade twins Cecily and Finley Smith placed first and third, respectively, in the Class 4A pole vault on Saturday (May 18) in the IESA Junior High girls’ track and field state meet. Cecily Smith’s winning vault was 10 feet, 1 inch. In placing third, Finley […]
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 […]
