By Fred Kroner Senior Nichole Taylor provided a spark on Monday (Feb. 7) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team avenged a 12-point loss to Taylorville by handing the Tornadoes a 55-32 loss in M-S’ Senior Night game. The Bulldogs led, 9-0, after one quarter en route to tying the school […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high wrestling team capped a successful week by capturing team honors on Saturday (Feb. 5) in its own 16-school Bulldog Invitational. M-S amassed 233 points. Runner-up Chatham Glenwood totaled 196 ½ points. LeRoy was third with 184 ½ points. The Bulldogs’ junior varsity also competed […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball teams from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High have reached double figures in wins for the season. The Bulldogs’ seventh-grade volleyball squad raised its winning streak to four consecutive matches with three recent wins, all in two-set sweeps, before dropping two matches this week. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Marci Wireman’s retirement as branch manager at First Mid Bank & Trust will impact more than the bank’s customers, who will no longer have access to her friendly smile and unlimited expertise. It will have an effect on staff, who will no longer have their trusted […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour used a 22-12 fourth-quarter spurt on Saturday (Feb. 5) to grab an Apollo Conference boys’ basketball victory at Effingham. The Bulldogs prevailed, 54-41, after carrying a 32-29 lead into the final period. Blake Wolters led M-S with 18 points and six rebounds. Wyatt Bohm scored nine […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won its seventh consecutive Class 2A wrestling regional championship – eight if the unofficial 2021 meet is included – on Saturday (Feb. 5) in its own gymnasium. In the eight-school event, the Bulldogs accumulated 229 points. Runner-up Normal West ended with 205 points and third-place Centennial […]
By Fred Kroner Aron Varga won the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday (Feb. 5), helping Mahomet-Seymour win team honors in the seven-school Illini Prairie Conference Invitational at Stanford Olympia. His time was 2 minutes, 12.04 seconds. The Bulldogs amassed 265 points and edged Bloomington Central Catholic (260). Trailing the two […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept the top two positions on Monday (Jan. 31) in an indoor non-scored season-opening boys’ track and field meet at home against Fisher. Cole Marshall was a three-event winner for the Bulldogs. He took top honors in the long jump (18 feet, 8 inches), the 60-meter […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour held its own on Tuesday (Feb. 1) at home against Normal Community’s state-ranked boys’ basketball team. The Bulldogs dropped a 49-42 decision to the Ironmen, who are 23-1 overall and ranked fifth in Class 4A. Quenton Rogers led M-S with 15 points, to go with three […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team opened the week with back-to-back wins on the road. The Bulldogs decisioned Centennial 65-40 on Monday (Jan. 31) and then blitzed Urbana, 66-19, on Tuesday (Feb. 1). The wins move coach Garret Risley’s squad to within one victory of tying the school record […]
