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 […]
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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 […]
Mahomet-Seymour ends Apollo Conference play unbeaten with senior night
By Fred Kroner Playing a match on Wednesday (May 4), for the third day in a row, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team wrapped up an unbeaten season against Apollo Conference foes by blitzing Taylorville, 10-0, at Middletown Field. In the team’s Senior Night farewell, the 10 goals – and all […]
Bulldog baseball on a six-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour raised its baseball winning streak to six games on Wednesday (May 4), shutting out Maroa-Forsyth, 7-0, on the Trojans’ home field. Carter Johnson pitched a masterful four-hitter in his six-inning stint, walking two and striking out five. Evan Ruzich worked a hitless seventh inning and notched […]
Singer places second at Spartan Classic
By Fred Kroner Jonah Singer’s second-place finish in the 1,600-meter race on Friday (April 29) was the top performance for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team at the Spartan Classic, in St. Joseph. Singer’s time was 4 minutes, 31.32 seconds. In the same race, Bulldog teammate Kyle Nofziger took […]
Bulldog 3,200 wins Urbana Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour fielded the winning 3,200-meter relay in the Friday (April 29) Urbana girls’ track and field invitational. Bulldogs Ava Boyd, Chloe Bundren, Elizabeth Sims and Chloe Allen finished in a time of 10 minutes, 20.10 seconds. Boyd and Bundren were each the runner-up in one individual event. […]