By FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
Brooks Coetzee hit a solo home run in his first at-bat as a senior and Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team posted a 6-0 shutout win over Oakwood in Wednesday’s opener.
Starter Tanner Kirts, who struck out 11 batters in four innings, earned the win. He was followed to the pitching mound by Corbin Neef and Austin Biehl,
M-S scored its other five runs in the fifth inning.
Coetzee, Neef, Dawson Finch, Dylan Gates and Charlie Grant all drove in runs in the fifth inning.
The Bulldogs’ 13-hit attack was led by Coetzee, Finch, Gates and Grant with two hits apiece.
Boys’ track and field
Callan Whitehouse broke the school record in the pole vault, soaring 16 feet, to help M-S win the five-school M-S Indoor Invitational on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs totaled 93 points. Runner-up Mattoon had 81 1/2.
Daunte Roberts won the 60-meter dash in 7.56 seconds. Riley Fortune was victorious in the 400 meters, in 55.28.
Bulldog Ryan Hodge was triumphant in the 3,200 meters in 9:45.75.
Hunter Hendershot was first among the 19 competitors in the shot put. His winning toss was 54-1 1/2.
M-S swept all three relays.
Whitehouse ran the leadoff leg for both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter relays.
The 800 unit also featured Adam Von Holten, Roberts and Corey Cebulski. They were timed in 1:41.15.
The 1,600 foursome also included Von Holten, Fortune and Brandon Bretz. They were timed in 3:50.15.
The 3,200 group was made up of David Wilcoski, Mathias Powell, Bryson Keeble and Fortune. They were timed in 8:52.06.
Girls’ track and field
Brisa McGrath was the winner in the 1,600 meters in Saturday’s Class 2A division of the Eastern Illinois University Invitational, in Charleston. Her time was 5 minutes, 28.72 seconds. McGrath won by more than seven seconds in an event which had 54 competitors.
McGrath was third in the 3,200 meters in 11:46.02.
Mara Pletcher was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet.
Other third-place finishers for the Bulldogs were 60-meter runner Lakeida Nichols in 8.11 seconds and 400-meter runner Jessica Franklin in 1:01.42.
