By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler pitched her second five-inning no-hitter of the spring on Monday at home, silencing Heyworth in an 11-0 Mahomet-Seymour softball victory. Yergler (15-1) struck out 14 batters and walked one as M-S returned to action following an 11-day layoff. She also contributed at the plate, slugging […]
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MSJHS track finishes as runner-up at Clinton Junior High Challenge
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ track and field team had the individual runner-up in two events on Saturday (May 9) at the Clinton Junior High Challenge. In the 1,600 meters, Auggie Gaudio outstepped teammate Henry McMurry. Gaudio was second in 4 minutes, 57.02 seconds. McMurry was third in 5:02.09. […]
Marx breaks 21-year old MSJHS record
By Fred Kroner Madalyn Marx broke a 21-year-old eighth-grade girls’ school record and anchored a Mahomet-Seymour relay to victory on Saturday (May 9) in the Clinton Junior High Track and Field Challenge. Marx shattered the 400-meter mark held since 2001 by Amanda Warner by covering the one-lap distance in 1 […]
Bulldog tennis wins at Urbana
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs won six of eight singles matches and three of six doubles matches on Wednesday (May 4) to win a junior varsity boys’ tennis match at Urbana, 9-5. Mahomet-Seymour athletes who won singles matches were Connor Hirsbrunner (No. 1 position), Andre Grace (No. 4 position), Jacob […]
Mahomet-Seymour finishes second at Apollo Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Junior Grace Rodebaugh and sophomore Lauren Burr were Mahomet-Seymour’s individual champions on Thursday (May 5) in the Apollo Conference girls’ track and field meet at Mahomet. Rodebaugh took top honors in the high jump, clearing 4 feet,10 inches. Burr also won a field event, capturing the long […]
Nofziger and Byron win Apollo Conference Championships
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior Kyle Nofziger and junior Robert Byron won Apollo Conference championships on Thursday (May 5) in the boys’ outdoor track and field meet, hosted by M-S. Nofziger was the winner in the 1,600-meter race, finishing the four-lap event in 4 minutes, 36.08 seconds. Byron prevailed in […]
Bulldogs to share Apollo Conference title
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour clinched at least a share of the Apollo conference baseball title on Saturday (May 7) by virtue of a doubleheader sweep at Mattoon. With pitchers Blake Wolters, Zach Courson and Evan Ruzich combining for 27 strikeouts for the day, M-S prevailed 14-1 and 12-3. The Bulldogs […]
Athlete of the Week: Mady Marx
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High’s Mady Marx adds more than great times to this year’s track and field team. “She always comes to practice with a smile and is always encouraging others to do well,” Nichole Jessup said. “I just wish I had more than one year of coaching Mady. She will have an […]
Bulldogs place third at Mount Zion Invitational
By Fred Kroner Henry McMurry was the top individual finisher for the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade boys’ track and field team on Saturday (April 30) at the 12-team Mount Zion Invitational. He ran the 1,600-meter race in 5 minutes, 13.81 seconds and placed second. In the same race, Bulldog teammate Ethan Peterka […]
Marx, Finfrok and Martin win events at Mount Zion
By Fred Kroner One eighth-grader and two seventh-graders won individual events for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field team on Saturday (April 30) at Mount Zion. Madalyn Marx was dominant in the eighth-grade 400 meters, winning by 1.79 seconds. Her time was 1 minute, 3.46 seconds. Seventh-graders who won events […]