The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh grade girls 4×4 relay team qualified for the IESA State meet last week after they won in Regionals, breaking the school record, which had been in place for 22 years. Their time was 4:24.05. The previous record was 4:25.7 in 2000. Relay members included Ayla Finfrock, […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Mahomet Honor Parade this Saturday
The Mahomet Lions Club will host their third annual Honor Parade and Celebration event on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event to honor local first responders, active military and veterans will leave from Division and E. State St., traveling south to E. Main St., and continuing […]
Mahomet-Seymour shuts out Lincoln in Class 2A Regional Semifinal
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer team started its postseason journey on Wednesday (May 18) by shutting out Lincoln, 9-0, in a Class 2A regional semifinal match at Bloomington. All three matches between M-S and Lincoln this spring ended with 9-0 Bulldog wins. Cayla Koerner was involved with seven of […]
Two Bulldogs place fourth at Honor Roll meet
By Fred Kroner The two Mahomet-Seymour competitors in the 39th News-Gazette boys’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana on Monday (May 16) each landed in fourth place. Ty Clark cleared 12 feet, 4 inches in the pole vault and Robert Byron tossed the discus 152 feet, 8 inches. […]
Rodebaugh places first at Honor Roll Meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Grace Rodebaugh was the high jump champion on Monday (May 16) in the 39th News-Gazette girls’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana High School. Rodebaugh cleared 5 feet and ½ inch. M-S athletes finished second in two events. Ava Boyd was the runner-up in […]
Normal Community tops Mahomet-Seymour baseball
By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers accounted for two of Mahomet-Seymour’s four hits on Monday (May 16) in a 5-2 non-conference baseball loss at home to Normal Community. Evan Ruzich and Blake Wolters each delivered one hit. Ruzich and Mateo Casillas both had one RBI. Wagers and Zach Courson scored the […]
Yergler sets single-season homerun record in win over Danville
By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler tossed her 13th shutout of the season and tied the Mahomet-Seymour single-season home run record on Monday (May 16) as the Bulldogs blanked visiting Danville, 6-0. Yergler scattered two hits and walked one hitter. She struck out 18. Offensively, she struck two home runs, matching […]
Mahomet-Seymour tennis defeats Danville
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour concluded its first regular-season in boys’ tennis by topping Danville, 6-3, on Monday (May 16). The Bulldogs won four matches in singles and two in doubles. Posting single wins in straight sets were Jacob Atteberry (No.3), Quade Bristle (No. 4), Braden Stacey (No. 5) and Gaspar […]
Hunter Benson records hole-in-one at Lake of the Woods
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Mahomet-Seymour sixth-grader Hunter Benson recorded his first hole-in-one on a regulation course on Sunday (May 15) at Lake of the Woods. Benson aced the 110-yard fourth hole using an 8-iron. He was hitting a Callaway Supersoft Max.
Eighth-grade runners qualify for IESA State meet
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour runners and one relay qualified for the Class 4A boys’ state track and field meet during action in the Mount Zion Sectional on Saturday (May 14). All of the state qualifiers are eighth-graders. Ethan Peterka advanced by winning the 800 meters (2 minutes, 13.46 seconds) […]