By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour pulled off two wins from its junior high girls’ basketball teams on Thursday (Sept. 22). The seventh-graders edged Bloomington, 21-20, and the eighth-graders posted a 30-8 triumph. The games were played in Bloomington. M-S seventh-grader Penelope Bird tallied six of her team’s eight fourth-quarter points as […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For as long as he can remember, Brayden Smith had one unchangeable goal. “I always wanted to compete in college sports,” Smith said. “It was always a goal for me.” He was a two-sport athlete – baseball and football – but needed to pick a favorite […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Circumstances can change everything. No one knows this better than Jim Risley, who is chairman of the Hall of Fame committee for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation. Risley arrived at Mahomet-Seymour High School on Friday afternoon (Sept. 23) intent on the four announced inductees who would be […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Nolan Wheeler recorded a hat trick on Saturday (Sept. 24) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team produced an 8-0 non-conference victory at home over Danville. The Bulldogs led, 5-0, at intermission at Middletown Field. Isaac Warren netted two goals for M-S while teammate Nick Tjahjadi ended […]
By Fred Kroner Libby Bodine registered 16 digs on Thursday (Sept. 22) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept to victory at Charleston, 25-9, 25-15. Brianna DiFilippo added five assists, two service aces and one dig. Teammate Marin Minick landed two kills. M-S (15-3) is unbeaten in Apollo Conference action (6-0) […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won five singles matches and swept the three doubles matches on Saturday (Sept. 24), claiming an 8-1 dual-meet win over Lincoln in girls’ tennis at the Illini Grove courts. Winning in straight sets for the Bulldogs in singles were Savannah Amatyleon at No. 1 over Marie […]
By Fred Kroner Led by Ava Boyd – the meet’s top junior runner – Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team garnered a fifth-place finish on Saturday (Sept. 24) in the 13-school Dunlap Invitational. Overall, Boyd finished ninth with a time of 19 minutes, 29.60 seconds for a 2.95-mile course. Dunlap was the […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Augustus Gaudio was the meet runner-up on Saturday (Sept. 24), helping Mahomet-Seymour to a fifth-place finish in the Dunlap boys’ cross-country invitational at Illinois Central College. Gaudio was timed in 16 minutes, 6.30 seconds for a 2.95-mile course. The next seven Bulldog runners entered the finish […]
By Fred Kroner Before bigger goals can be reached, smaller ones must be achieved. Mahomet-Seymour knocked one off its list on Friday (Sept. 23) before a homecoming crowd at Frank Dutton Field. The Bulldogs scored four touchdowns before the Apollo Conference contest was 8 minutes old and went on to […]
By Fred Kroner EDITOR’S NOTE: Four selections have been made for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. This is the fourth of the four who have been profiled in recent days. The inductees, who will be recognized on Friday, Sept. 23 before the M-S homecoming football game, are: Paul […]
