By Fred Kroner It was a hitter’s paradise on Saturday (April 23) when the Mahomet-Seymour softball team swept a doubleheader from Taylorville. In the two games, the Bulldogs accumulated 27 runs and 26 hits,12 of which landed for extra bases. M-S topped Taylorville 10-2 and 17-0. Karley Yergler led the […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Three more wins for Mahomet-Seymour baseball
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team made the most of its three hits on Thursday (April 21) and dispatched visiting St. Thomas More 4-2 in a non-conference baseball game. Bulldog pitchers Carter Johnson and Zach Courson teamed up on a five-hitter and didn’t walk a batter. Johnson picked up the […]
Mahomet-Seymour shuts down Mount Zion soccer
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner struck for one goal and two assists on Thursday (April 21) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team scored a 3-0 shutout at Mount Zion. Brea Benson and Emma Dallas also notched goals for the Bulldogs, who led 2-0 at halftime. Nadia Biegler had the team’s […]
Bulldog soccer remains undefeated
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s undefeated girls’ soccer team received a tie-breaking goal from Cayla Koerner in the final minute on Monday (April 18) and edged Rochester at Middletown Field, 3-2. “The Bulldogs once again avoided the comfort of an Epicurean game, rather playing their third match within a week that […]
Mahomet-Seymour softball wins at Champaign Central
By Fred Kroner It took until the third inning on Monday (April 18) for the Mahomet-Seymour softball offense to kick into gear, but once the Bulldogs got rolling, they recorded a 16-2 win at Champaign Central. Central carried a 1-0 lead into the third inning. M-S scored twice in the […]
Bulldog baseball picks up two wins in last three games
By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters – who drove in five runs in his previous game – knocked in six runs on Thursday (April 14) in a 17-7 Mahomet-Seymour baseball win at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Wolters hit for the cycle and was one of two Bulldogs to cross home plate four times. […]
Bulldogs take first in Apollo Conference
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner tallied four goals on Thursday (April 14) – hitting the 30-goal mark for the season – as Mahomet-Seymour won the showdown for first-place in the Apollo Conference, 6-0, at Mattoon. Brea Benson contributed two goals and four assists. Registering one assist apiece were Abby Bunting, […]
Mahomet-Seymour softball ranked fifth in Class 3A poll
By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler continued her series of superb pitching performances on Thursday (April 14) in a 2-0 softball victory at Normal University High. She threw a seven-inning one-hitter, walking two and striking out 16 batters. In Yergler’s first 10 games of her senior season, she has thrown: -one […]
Peterson scores first hole-in-one
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Mahomet’s Gary Peterson registered his first career hole-in-one on Friday (April 15) at Lake of the Woods Golf Course. Peterson aced the 151-yard 14th hole, using a TaylorMade 3 Hybrid club and hitting a Noodle. His feat was witnessed by Jim Brandenburg. The first hole-in-one at […]
Mahomet-Seymour track and field wins meet at Seneca
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won 11 events on Monday (April 11) and captured team honors in a five-school boys’ track and field meet at Seneca. M-S amassed 202 points. Runner-up Pontiac scored 148 points. Joseph Scheele was the lone Bulldog to win two individual events. He was dominant in the […]