By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s football team started the postseason on Friday (Oct. 28) in the same manner as it ended the regular season. The Bulldogs made Ottawa its sixth opponent this year (and fourth in a row) to face a second-half running clock after M-S carved out a 40-point lead. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour captured its school record for volleyball wins in a season by handing Rantoul a 25-9, 25-12 setback on Tuesday (Oct. 25) in an IHSA Class 3A regional semifinal match on the Eagles’ court. The Bulldogs sport a 32-3 season record and return to Rantoul on Thursday […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team split two games on Saturday (Oct. 22) in the Teutopolis Round-Robin Tournament and then annexed more victories on Monday (Oct. 24) and Tuesday (Oct. 25). At T-Town, the Bulldogs suffered a 30-19 loss to Taylorville, but rebounded to defeat the host […]
By Fred Kroner Tournament most valuable player Avery Allen, from Mahomet-Seymour, sparked the Bulldogs to the championship in their 16-team volleyball tournament on Saturday (Oct. 22). In doing so, M-S tied its school record for wins in a season, equalling a mark the 2021 team established when it ended 31-6. […]
By Fred Kroner Running an all-underclassmen lineup, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team finished third in the nine-school Olney Class 2A regional on Saturday (Oct. 22). Junior Ava Boyd took third in the 63-runner field, running the 3-mile layout in 19 minutes, 35.55 seconds. Other team leaders were sophomore Chloe Bundren […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team placed fourth at the Olney Class 2A regional meet on Saturday (Oct. 22) and qualified for the sectional. The Bulldogs’ first five finishers crossed the finish line within 40.39 seconds of one another. The team was led by two freshmen, who wound up […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swimmers logged 11 season-best times on Saturday (Oct. 22) and placed third in the eight-school Urbana Uni High Invitational. Talynn O’Donnell and Eden Oelze each won two individual events and helped one relay to a first-place finish. O’Donnell re-broke her school record in the 200-yard freestyle, […]
By Fred Kroner Bulldogs Savannah Amatyleon and Emily Young bounced back from a first-round loss in the girls’ Class 1A state tennis tournament on Thursday (Oct. 20) to win their first match in the consolation bracket. Juniors Amatyleon and Young decisioned Precious Windham and Kahliah Wright, from Hillcrest, 6-4, 6-0. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour football coach Jon Adkins likens the IHSA football playoff announcement on Saturday (Oct. 22) to the time several years back when his wife gave birth. “When my son was born, I knew what we were having, but my wife didn’t want to know,” Adkins said. “I […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seniors Wyatt Bohm and Quenton Rogers moved higher on the list of the state’s football statistical leaders after their performance in Week 8. Bohm climbed from 14th to sixth in passing yards, with 1,718. He ranks second in touchdown passes (27), after throwing for 10 during […]
