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 […]
By Fred Kroner In her first year of high school swimming, Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell became the first Bulldog to qualify for the girls’ state swimming meet, which will be held on Friday (Nov. 11) and Saturday (Nov. 12). In the Champaign Sectional on Saturday (Nov. 5), she broke her […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Throughout the high school football season, Mahomet-Seymour’s first-team defense took pride in holding its opponent scoreless or to no more than one first-half touchdown. Of the first 10 M-S games, just one school reached the end zone more than once against the Bulldogs during the opening […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and the eighth-grade boys’ basketball teams from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High opened their seasons on Tuesday (Nov. 1) with victories in first-round action of the Bulldog Invitational. The seventh-graders jumped into a 12-1 lead after one quarter and overpowered Mount Zion, 40-8. Konner Fisher hit […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour dropped both games of a junior high girls’ basketball doubleheader at home on Monday (Oct. 31) to Normal Parkside. The seventh-graders, who trailed 15-8 after three quarters, fell short, 22-20. Courtney Fonte hit all of her team-high eight points in the final quarter. Breckyn Hess scored […]
By Fred Kroner The high school cross-country season ended for all but one Mahomet-Seymour runner on Saturday (Oct. 29) in the Class 2A Chatham Glenwood Sectional. The Bulldogs’ lone state-qualifier came in the girls’ 3-mile race. M-S junior Ava Boyd advanced to the state meet with a 21st-place finish in […]
By Fred Kroner The winningest volleyball season in Mahomet-Seymour school history ended on Thursday (Oct. 27) one victory shy of a regional title. The Bulldogs dropped a 21-25, 25-19, 25-19 decision to Normal University High in the finals of the Rantoul IHSA Class 3A regional tournament. The setback ended a […]
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 […]
