Kroner’s Picks: Mahomet-Seymour All-Decade Team (Fall)

By FRED KRONER

fred@mahometnews.com

We unveiled our winter-sport all-decade teams on Monday.

Today, we check in for the fall-sport all-decade teams.

Four of the Mahomet-Seymour athletes listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season.

The repeaters, all on the boys’ side, are Hunter Crowley, Jordan Geese, Tom Kenney and Ben Stahl.

Keep reading, however, because there are plenty of other Bulldogs joining the elite squads.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR FOOTBALL

NAME                 POS.  GRAD YR.

Thomas Bane      LB       2015
Derek Bunch       DL       2012
Hunter Crowley  LB       2017
Cully Day             WR          2014
Chase Diedrich   RB      2012
Kyle Dollahon     LB      2012
Grant Farchmin  LB     2014
Tyler Francisco    DB    2014
Andrew Franklin      DL 2015
Jordan Geese       DL     2015
Josh Johnson       DB     2018
Zak Kaesberg       DL     2012
Joe Kenney         QB          2015
Tom Kenney        WR     2016
Quentin McNew QB     2011
Jake Patterson    WR    2011
Matthew Prather K       2016
Jon Reed                 OL 2013
Ben Stahl         OL 2018
Carson Thomas   DB      2020
Connor Thomason DB     2019
Matt Turner        DB     2013

Player of the Decade – Tom Kenney, who set school records for single-game (230 yards), single-season (1,176 yards) and career (1,568) receiving as well as establishing a season record for interceptions (11) and earning All-State second-team status from the Chicago Tribune.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR BOYS’ CROSS-COUNTRY

NAME                    GRAD YR.

Brian Butcher           2017
Ben Craw                   2017
Riley Fortune            2018
Ryan Hodge              2018
Alex Keeble               2016
Mathias Powell                2019
Johnathan Schaap   2013
Forrest Smoes          2014
Andrew Walmer               2017
William Wolf                     2015

Runner of the Decade – Mathias Powell, who was the Class 2A state champion as a senior, winning by a 16-second margin while posting the team’s fastest 3-mile time at state during the decade, 14 minutes, 31 seconds.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY

NAME                      GRAD YR.

Madi Balbach           2020
Brittany Bohn            2011
Megan Churm           2020
Jessica Franklin        2018
Tessa Hanlon               2013
Brisa McGrath              2019
Abigail Nielsen             2014
Rachel Rodriguez        2012
Elizabeth Sims             2022
Lauren Whitehouse     2016

Runner of the Decade – Lauren Whitehouse, who was a four-time state-meet participant and placed eighth in Class 2A in 2014.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR BOYS’ GOLF

NAME                    GRAD YR.

Garrett Cox             2012
Grant Dukeman     201
Adam Guth             2011
Logan Hannon        2014
Mitchell Hockman 2015
Zach Paragi             2016
Seth Trolia               2011
Jason Troyer           2011
Adrian Wells           2016
Adam Woller          2018

Player of the Decade – Seth Trolia, who carded a team-best 37.1 season average (per nine holes) for the 2010 Class 2A state championship team.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR GIRLS’ GOLF

NAME                     GRAD YR.

Randal Bernthal       2012
Maddie Birckbichler 2015
Keegan Gagne           2016
Charlotte Goss          2012
Brooklyn Hildreth     2012
Lexus Hornsby           2014
Cydney Mitchaner    2016
Amber Tabaka           2013
Emily Trolia                2015
Ainsley Winters        2023

Player of the Decade – Emily Trolia, who placed in a tie for 16^th at state in Class 1A as both a junior and as a senior. Had a team-best 41.7 stroke average per nine holes as a senior.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR BOYS’ SOCCER

NAME                    POS.     GRAD YR.

Colten Brunner     M            2020
Austin Carr         F            2019
A.J. Ellis                   G 2015
Brandon Fritz        M           2011
Jacob Janda           F             2020
Kadyn Jones          F            2020
Brennen Kraft       M           2013
Evan Lundstrom    M           2017
Ethan Mansfield    M          2019
Eli Warren             F             2020

Player of the Decade – Evan Lundstrom, who was the school’s only two-time All-Area first-teamer during the decade. He totaled 24 goals and 10 assists as a senior.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR GIRLS’ SWIMMING

NAME                  GRAD YR.

Rebekah Gonzalez  2019
Alivia Hay                 2017
Natalie Heaton                2021
Allison Herman             2015
Dana Herman     2017
Olivia McMurry             2022
Eden Oelze                    2023
Carly Raver                  2020
Olivia Ross                     2021

Swimmer of the Decade – Olivia McMurry, who was a two-time All-Area second-team selection.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR GIRLS’ TENNIS

NAME                    GRAD YR.

Annie Bao                 2020
Zoe Doehring           2019
Lauren Henderson         2019
Mrinali Kesavadas   2020
Anna Lundquist               2016
Kelly Maloney          2017
Sara Rice                   2015
Maddie Schacht         2015
Adrienne Schaumann     2015
Amy VanWingerden        2015

Player of the Decade – Sara Rice, who was the school’s first-ever state-qualifier when she compiled a 10-4 record and advanced as a senior.

MAHOMET-SEYMOUR VOLLEYBALL

NAME                       POS.     GRAD YR.

Cortney Bohn             MH       2015
Grace Beach               OH        2017
Emma Cabutti            OH        2012
Elise Dahlke                OH        2013
Kayin Garner                S          2020
Savannah Matthews OH        2019
Mason Moore              S          2015
Ainsley Ranstead       OH   2021
Madi Woo                      L           2016
Sirena Woo                   L         2014

Player of the Decade – Emma Cabutti, a versatile player who was a two-time News-Gazette All-Area first-team selection and led the team in kills, digs and aces as a junior and kills and aces as a senior.