By Fred Kroner Kenadi Granadino’s sixth-inning hit drove home Karley Yergler with the tie-breaking run on Tuesday (March 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team completed a comeback with a 4-3 season-opening softball win at home over Tolono Unity. The Bulldogs trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the second inning before […]
By Fred Kroner Five of the 12 hits produced by Mahomet-Seymour in its baseball opener on Tuesday (March 15) went for extra bases as the Bulldogs posted a 16-3 win at Tolono Unity. Blake Wolters drilled a double and a home run and teammate Brayden Smith socked two doubles to […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team fell one win short of qualifying for the Class 4A IESA state tournament, which M-S will host starting on Friday (March 18). After winning the regional on Wednesday (March 9), 25-14, 25-16 at home over Urbana, the Bulldogs were topped on Monday (March […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers were state-placers on Saturday (March 12) at the IESA Class 2A state meet, held at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. M-S had six state-qualifiers and five won at least one match. Seventh-grader Talon Decker won three of five bouts at state and placed […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour seniors earned all-conference recognition by the coaches in the Apollo Conference. Cayla Koerner was voted onto the five-player first team. Ivie Juarez was selected to the five-player second team. Koerner tallied a team-high 523 points for the season, which ended with M-S capturing a school-record […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Blake Wolters was the only junior selected to the Apollo Conference all-league first team. The first team consisted of five members. Wolters led the 17-15 Bulldogs in points, rebounds, assists and steals in four separate games. He was also the team’s season leader in those four […]
By FRED KRONER Buoyed by wins from the 3,200-meter relay and triple-jumper Cole Marshall, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team emerged victorious on Saturday (March 12) in the Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational. M-S scored 89 ½ points to edge runner-up Lincoln (86) and third-place Williamsville (79). Eleven schools participated. […]
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com As Jolene Erlacher lives her daily life, she is also acutely aware of the future. A person who is equal parts wife, mother to twin daughters, teacher, author, consultant and lecturer, Erlacher is concerned about the future, especially for those who fall into […]
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour eighth-graders and three seventh-graders qualified for the IESA Class 2A wrestling state tournament based on their performances on Saturday (March 5) at the Jacksonville Sectional. The lone M-S sectional champion was seventh-grader Gideon Hayter (75 pounds). Other seventh-graders who advanced to state are Beau Back […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team opened postseason play at home on Tuesday (March 8) by overpowering Champaign Jefferson, 25-4, 25-14, in a Class 4A IESA regional semifinal match. The top-seeded Bulldogs (16-5) will play seventh-seeded Urbana in the regional championship match on Thursday (March 9) at 4:30 p.m. […]
