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 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com From the time Ben Wallace was introduced to running as a sixth-grader, he knew he had found his passion. “Once I started running, I knew I wanted to continue for the rest of my life,” said Wallace, a Mahomet-Seymour senior. “I knew it was the sport […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Owen Kearns was a two-event individual winner and also helped two relays to victory on Saturday (Dec. 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team opened the season with a victory in a three-school meet at Charleston. Kearns was triumphant in the 100-yard butterfly (57.77 seconds) and […]
By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron scored a game-high 22 points, but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team dropped its Apollo Conference opener on Friday (Dec. 2), a 44-39 loss at Mount Zion. The Bulldogs led, 12-10, after one quarter and 19-18 at halftime. Chloe Pruitt contributed eight points for M-S. The […]
By Fred Kroner Adam Dyer came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points on Thursday (Dec. 1) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a narrow 53-51 triumph at Mattoon. Dyer also cleared five rebounds. Trey Peters posted the team’s first double-double of the […]
