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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s not everyone who plays football for the Mahomet-Seymour program who will get the chance to wear uniform No. 17. Bulldog head coach Jon Adkins has a special reverence for that number, the one he wore as a high schooler in Charleston. Adkins had a viable […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes took the top two positions in seven of eight events on Tuesday (Jan. 31) as the Bulldogs’ boys’ track and field team competed against Fisher in a non-scored meet at the indoor M-S track. The meet was the first of the season for M-S. In […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team faced a double-figure deficit after one quarter on Tuesday (Jan. 31) and was unable to catch up, dropping a 55-30 decision at Normal Community. Savannah Orgeron led M-S with 12 points. Alayna Dewitt added seven points and Reese Gallier made six points. Abby […]
By Fred Kroner Adam Dyer made a season-high 18 points on Tuesday (Jan. 31), but the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team lost a 65-49 decision at Normal Community. The teams were tied, 11-11, after one quarter, but Normal had created a 31-24 lead by halftime. Dyer, who played all but 23 […]
By Fred Kroner It took an undefeated team to end the season for the winningest seventh-grade boys’ basketball team in Mahomet-Seymour history. On Monday (Jan. 30), Rochester improved to 26-0 by overpowering the Bulldogs, 61-23, in the sectional championship game at M-S. Jackson Golden led the Bulldogs with 10 points. […]
