By Fred Kroner The firsts keep on coming for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team. Coach Garret Risley’s second Bulldog team added two more marks on its season resume on Friday (Feb. 25). Playing at Lincoln, M-S secured a 52-43 win over the host school, securing the school’s first-ever sectional championship […]
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Lingard, Rodebaugh win events at Mount Zion mini-meet
By Fred Kroner Senior Ariana Lingard and junior Grace Rodebaugh were individual winners for Mahomet-Seymour on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored girls’ indoor track and field mini meet at Mount Zion. Lingard captured top honors in the 200 meters. Her winning time was 28.42 seconds. She also took third […]
Singer, Scheele, Eckley win events at Mount Zion
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour athletes were individual winners on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored boys’ track and field indoor mini meet at Mount Zion. Jonah Singer led a 1-2 Bulldog finish in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 4.90 seconds. Teammate Joseph Scheele was the […]
Mahomet-Seymour wrestling advances to state quarterfinals
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team trailed early on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in its team sectional match against Bethalto Civic Memorial, but put on such a comeback they were able to forfeit the final two matches and still post a 38-34 victory. In the latest IWCOA state wrestling rankings, the […]
Mahomet-Seymour knocks off Danville in Regional play
By Fred Kroner Luke Koller scored a game-high 16 points on Wednesday (Feb. 23) and Mahomet-Seymour rallied from a game-long deficit to edge Danville in a Class 3A boys’ basketball regional semifinal game in Mahomet. M-S knocked down 8-of-10 fourth-quarter shots to complete the comeback. Dayten Eisenmann chipped in with […]
Bulldogs headed to Sweet Sixteen
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team stormed back from a fourth-quarter deficit on Tuesday (Feb. 22) to edge Rochester, 34-33, in a Class 3A sectional semifinal game at Lincoln High School. Rochester (24-10) carried a 28-23 lead into the final eight minutes and expanded its margin to 34-23. […]
MSJHS headed into IESA Regional
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School finished its regular season in wrestling on Saturday (Feb. 12) by winning three of five dual meets at East Peoria. The Bulldogs had entrants in 17 weight classes and each wrestler won at least one match. Finishing the day with unblemished 5-0 records […]
Mahomet-Seymour kicks off indoor track season at the Shirk Center
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s varsity 3,200-meter relay placed fourth on Saturday (Feb. 19) in the Bulldogs’ season-opening girls’ indoor track and field meet at The Shirk Center, on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington. The foursome of Ava Boyd, Emily Bednar, Callie Jansen and Elizabeth Sims was timed in […]
Bulldogs end regular season with loss to Lincoln
By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters’ fourth double-double of the season couldn’t prevent the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team from dropping a 42-39 decision in its regular-season finale at Lincoln on Friday (Feb. 18). The Bulldogs finish Apollo Conference play with a 6-6 record. Wolters totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds to […]
Katz becomes first swimming team sectional champion for Mahomet-Seymour
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving program continues to move up, and for senior Max Katz, that means the ability to move on. Katz became the school’s first sectional champion on Saturday (Feb. 19), winning the diving competition in a 21-school sectional tournament at Centennial High School. […]