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 […]
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. […]
By Fred Kroner In a field of 408 runners, Mahomet-Seymour’s Ava Boyd placed 20th on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the Class 2A division of First to Finish girls’ cross-country meet at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. Boyd’s 3-mile time was 18 minutes, 51.6 seconds. Chole Bundren ran 83rd and posted a season […]
By Fred Kroner In its most decisive girls’ tennis victory of the season, Mahomet-Seymour bested Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 8-1, on Thursday (Sept. 8) at the Illini Grove courts. M-S won all six singles matches in straight sets. Two Bulldogs – Claire Johnson (No. 4) and Adella Bird (No. 6) did […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour golfers placed among the top 25 individuals in a two-day, 40-team boys’ golf tournament at Mattoon. Reis Claybrooke had 18-hole rounds of 70 and 79. His 149 earned him a fourth-place tie. Kelton Hennesy compiled rounds of 77 and 86. His 163 enabled him to […]
By Fred Kroner Isaac Warren tallied a hat trick and Mahomet-Seymour teammate Nolan Wheeler scored twice on Thursday (Sept. 8) as the Bulldogs earned a 6-0 win in boys’ soccer at Charleston. Nick Tjahjadi also hit a goal. Contributing assists for M-S were Wheeler and Kai Jones, with two apiece, […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won three of four volleyball matches on Saturday (Sept. 10) and placed third in the Jacksonville Invitational. The Bulldogs started out with wins against Peoria Richwoods (25-13, 25-18) and Jacksonville Routt (25-12, 25-8) before losing in the semifinals to Rochester (25-22, 25-22). M-S topped Washington in […]
By Fred Kroner Luke Johnson was a true Bulldog on Friday night (Sept. 9). The Mahomet-Seymour junior running back rushed for a career-high 337 yards on 28 carries and scored five touchdowns as the Bulldogs romped past Mount Zion, 49-14, in the school’s first football road game of the season. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com I received an early-morning text from a friend on Friday; the kind that friends send one another during troubling, tumultuous, or tragic times. It’s meant to be light-hearted and whimsical, a combination which can be hard to find when overcome by sorrow. But then again, if […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour dropped a 9-0 decision in girls’ tennis to Champaign Central on Tuesday (Sept. 6) at the Illini Grove courts. The Bulldogs used their 12th different combination in doubles when Delaney Shore and Shaelynn Standifer took the court. M-S (2-3) returns to action on Thursday (Sept. 8) […]
