By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team endured a scoreless first quarter on Thursday (Dec. 8) at Urbana Middle School, but made up for it by holding the home team scoreless in overtime and salvaging a 28-20 victory. Scoring two points apiece for M-S in the extra session were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Carter Selk found the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to be a learning experience. He was a Mahomet-Seymour freshman when the pandemic wiped out his first year of high school baseball. “When we had our season canceled due to COVID, I really missed the game […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team led at the end of each of the first three quarters, but couldn’t hold on and dropped a 50-44 Apollo Conference decision in a boys’ basketball game at Effingham on Friday (Dec. 9). The Bulldogs held a 24-13 halftime lead. Wyatt Bohm led […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Aron Varga was a double winner in individual events on Saturday (Dec. 10) as the Bulldogs split two swimming dual meets at Bloomington. M-S topped Danville, 87-44, and was edged by the host Purple Raiders, 75-71. Varga was triumphant in the 100-yard butterfly (58.26 seconds) […]
By Fred Kroner Fifty-six years after the Mahomet-Seymour wrestling program won its first dual meet, the Bulldogs captured their historic 1,000th victory. The milestone was reached on Saturday (Dec. 10) in the fourth of five dual meets that M-S captured in the Bloomington Super Duals. The win for coach Rob […]
By Fred Kroner Five Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday (Dec. 6) for Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestlers, which split two dual meets at Centennial. M-S handled Centennial, 47-22, but dropped a 38-24 decision to Chatham Glenwood. Winning both of their matches for the Bulldogs were Donovan Lewis (138 pounds), Tallen Pawlak (145 pounds), […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Wyatt Bohm became the first Mahomet-Seymour player this season to lead the boys’ basketball team in scoring in consecutive games, piling up19 points on Tuesday (Dec. 6) as the Bulldogs dispatched Charleston, 58-44, at home. Not only did Bohm register his top scoring performance through seven […]
By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron netted 15 points and Kylie Waldinger added a season-high 14 points on Monday (Dec. 5), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team fell short at home against Taylorville, 48-46. The Apollo Conference opponents were tied, 13-13 after one quarter, 25-25 at halftime and 37-37 after three […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten seventh-grade boys’ basketball team won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday (Dec. 6), blitzing Bloomington George Evans, 40-22 at home. Five days earlier (Thursday, Dec. 2), M-S thumped Rantoul Eater, 44-23, at home. Jackson Golden registered a season-high 19 points against Evans to lead the […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s bid by the seventh-grade girls’ basketball team fell one win short of qualifying for the state tournament. In the IESA Class 4A sectional championship game at M-S on Wednesday (Nov. 30), the Bulldogs dropped a 38-18 decision to Mount Zion. M-S trailed at halftime, 18-10. Marley […]
