By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Baseball pitchers can throw no-hitters. Football quarterbacks can complete every pass they try in a game. Basketball players can make every shot they attempt in a game. Perfection, though fleeting, can be achieved. In golf, however, until someone figures out a way to score a hole-in-one […]
By Fred Kroner Juniors Aron Varga and Owen Kearns broke school records on Saturday (Dec. 17) to highlight the performance of Mahomet-Seymour swimmers in the boys’ Raider Invitational at Bloomington. Varga lowered his own 2021 record (of 2 minutes 7.79 seconds) by winning the 200-yard individual medley in the 17-school […]
By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron and Chloe Pruitt combined for 15 first-quarter points on Thursday (Dec. 15) at Eureka as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team built a lead it never relinquished in a 46-39 triumph. The Bulldogs led, 15-2, after one quarter. Orgeron swished 19 points to go with a […]
By Fred Kroner Despite missing two wrestlers who were ill, Mahomet-Seymour repeated as team champions in the Tyler Cox Memorial Duals at Chatham Glenwood on Saturday (Dec. 17). The Bulldogs won all four dual meets, including a triumph over the host Titans in the championship match, 42-28, that avenged an […]
By Fred Kroner Thanks to double-figure scoring performances from four players, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team reached a season’s high for points scored in a 74-52 Apollo Conference victory at Taylorville on Tuesday (Dec. 13). Adam Dyer and Jake Waldinger each scored 15 points for the Bulldogs. Dayten Eisenmann hit […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour jumped into a 25-9 halftime advantage on Monday (Dec. 12) and cruised past Tolono Unity, 42-21, in a girls’ non-conference basketball game in the Bulldogs’ gymnasium. Savannah Orgeron led M-S with 13 points and seven rebounds. Alayna DeWitt hit two three-point shots and generated 10 points. […]
By Fred Kroner Seven Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers registered pins on Tuesday (Dec. 13) as the Bulldogs opened their home wrestling schedule with a 68-12 triumph over Clinton. The fastest varsity pin was produced by Camden Heinold at 132 pounds in 1 minute and 26 seconds. The other Bulldog pinners were Justus […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour eighth-graders have been selected to play in the fifth-annual All-State Classic girls’ basketball tournament. The 12-team event will take place on Sunday (Dec. 18) at Dunlap. The Bulldog representatives are 5-foot-9 forward Hannah Martin and 5-foot-5 guard Courtney Fonte. Fonte was the top scorer for […]
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 […]
