By Fred Kroner Ainsley Winters finished as the runner-up on Tuesday (Sept. 13) in a girls’ golf dual meet at Mattoon’s Meadowbrook Country Club. Winters fired a 44. Teammate Emma Dallas shot a 48 and tied for fourth place individually. Other Bulldog scores were: Maddy Clark (52), Brooke Hartman (54), […]
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Claybrooke and Clements earn All-County recognition
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour golfers Reis Claybrooke and Parker Clements earned all-County recognition on Monday (Sept.12) for their performance in the Champaign County boys’ golf tournament at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club. They each fired 81s to tie for fifth. Claybrooke won a scorecard playoff for fifth and Clements was awarded […]
M-S swimmers break four school records
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team broke four school records on Wednesday (Sept. 14) in the team’s second meet of the season. Freshman Lainey Howard won the 500-yard freestyle in a three-school meet at Centennial, posting a time of 5 minutes, 57.15 seconds. The previous mark, set in 2021 […]
Larry Schultz cards hole-in-one at Lake of the Woods
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Urbana’s Larry Schultz carded his first career hole-in-one on Wednesday (Sept. 14) at Lake of the Woods when he aced the 130-yard eighth hole. He was using an Adams 5-Hybrid club and hitting a Callaway Warbird ball. His feat was witnessed by Mike Wick.
M-SJHS girls’ basketball opens season with win
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ basketball teams opened their seasons on Tuesday (Sept. 13) with road victories. The seventh-graders started their junior high careers with a 34-11 triumph at Champaign Franklin. Katie Hunter scored 12 points and Audra Martin added six points. The […]
Mahomet-Seymour Cross Country wins Parkside Invite
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high boys’ cross-country team swept to victory on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the 53-team Parkside Invitational, at Maxwell Park in Normal. M-S had a composite score of 87 points. Runner-up Glenwood ended with a score of 158 points. In a field of 369 runners, six […]
Edison shuts out Mahomet-Seymour softball in Regional championship
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high softball season came to an end on Tuesday (Sept. 13) with just its second shutout loss of the season in 18 games. Top-seeded Champaign Edison blanked the second-seeded Bulldogs, 10-0, in an IESA Class 3A regional championship game at Zahnd Park, in Champaign. Addison […]
Marco Casillas pitches no-hitter in win over Franklin
By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Marco Casillas fired a no-hitter for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team on Wednesday (Sept. 7) as part of a 13-0 Bulldog victory at Champaign Franklin. He helped his own cause by driving in three runs and stealing two bases. In four innings, Casillas walked three […]
Sophie Park places second at IESA Sectional
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Sophie Park placed second on Wednesday (Sept. 7) in the IESA sectional girls’ golf tournament at Wolf Creek, in Pontiac. Park carded a 90 to capture runner-up honors in a tournament that had participants from 25 schools. M-S seventh-grader Makenna Peterka finished in a tie for […]
Mahomet-Seymour finishes second at Lee Halberg Invite
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour runners finished among the top 20 on Saturday (Sept. 10), helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in the 45th-annual Lee Halberg boys’ cross-country invitational, in Springfield at Lincoln Park. Normal Community won team honors with 68 points. M-S was just behind, with 69 points. […]