By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Apollo Conference champion volleyball team was honored with three of the eight all-league first-team picks. The first-team choices from M-S were senior setter Caylee Folken, junior outside hitter Avery Allen and senior outside hitter Grace Rodebaugh. Rodebaugh was a first-team repeater. Allen and Folken were on […]
By Fred Kroner Fifteen Mahomet-Seymour football players earned all-league accolades from the Apollo Conference, including 13 who were selected for the first team. Headlining the first unit were seven defensive players, three of whom were unanimous selections. The unanimous defensive picks were junior defensive end Jack Gallier, senior middle linebacker […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three different players scored in double figures as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team opened the season with back-to-back victories in the second-annual Toyota of Danville Turkey Tournament at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Savannah Orgeron poured in 22 points on Monday (Nov. 14) in a 64-11 verdict […]
By Fred Kroner Both of the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School girls’ basketball teams posted wins on Monday (Nov. 14) in their final road games of the regular season. The M-S eighth-graders (17-6) registered a 37-6 win at Champaign St. Matthew in a game it led, 16-2, at halftime. Breckyn Hess […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team rolled up its seventh victory in as many games on Tuesday (Nov. 15) with a convincing 43-11 triumph at Charleston. Konner Fisher tallied a game-high 14 points. Tristen Adams tossed in 11 points On Monday (Nov. 14), the Bulldogs survived in […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell finished 20th in the IHSA state swimming meet in the 200-yard freestyle on Friday (Nov. 11) at FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park, in Westmont. O’Donnell’s time was 1 minute, 57.80 seconds. She was one of four freshmen at state in the event. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jon Adkins will never have another loss like the one his Mahomet-Seymour football team sustained on Saturday (Nov. 12) at Morris. Falling behind early in a Class 5A quarterfinal game, the previously unbeaten Bulldogs were eliminated from the IHSA playoffs with a 35-14 loss to the […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh-grade and eighth-grade girls’ basketball teams from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High snapped three-game losing streaks at home on Monday (Nov. 7), handing losses to previously unbeaten teams from Monticello. The M-S eighth-graders (16-6) vaulted into an 18-10 halftime lead and went on to handle the visitors […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After winning the championship of their own round-robin tournament, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade boys basketball team (4-0) followed up with a 45-16 win on Monday (Nov. 7) at Mattoon. Konner Fisher hit a game-high 17 points to spark the Bulldogs at Mattoon. Tristen Adams […]
By Fred Kroner For the second consecutive year, Mahomet-Seymour junior Ava Boyd placed among the upper one-third of runners in the IHSA Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet. On Saturday (Nov. 5), Boyd covered the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 19 minutes, 40.68 seconds. She was 71st in […]
