MSHS Bass Fishing team to compete at State, MSHS Soccer captures Apollo Conference title, Shore and Yergler combine for shutout
By FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
Mahomet-Seymour’s bass fishing team secured a berth in the state finals after placing third in Monday’s sectional at Clinton Lake.
The top four teams in a field of 15 schools qualified for the 11th-annual state finals.
The M-S duo of C.J. McKinney and Ethan Kerry had catches that weighed in at 8 pounds, 13 ounces.
Sectional team champion Central A&M had catches totaling 13 pounds, 14 ounces. Runner-up Meridian had catches amounting to 10 pounds.
The fourth-place team was Warrensburg-Latham, 6 pounds, 6 ounces.
John McKinney served as the boat driver for the M-S team.
The state finals will be held on May 17-18 at Lake Carlyle in southern Illinois.
Soccer
Tuesday’s 3-0 victory over visiting Mount Zion enabled Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ program to hit a significant trifecta.
— The win clinched the second consecutive unbeaten (10-0) Apollo Conference season for the league champion Bulldogs;
— The win enabled M-S to tie its school record for single-season shutouts (15);
— The win also marked the first time in school history that M-S has produced back-to-back 20-win seasons in girls’ soccer.
The shutout record the 2019 team tied was one established in 2018.
With one more win, the Bulldogs will match the school mark for wins in a season, currently held by last year’s 21-3 squad.
Mackenzie Moore scored the first and last goals for M-S against the Braves. Nyah Biegler also had a goal.
Assists were credited to Maddy Wade and Haley Lester.
Freshman Grace Larson filled in as goalkeeper for the injured Noelle Bailey. Larson had a varsity-high five saves.
On Monday, 12 Bulldogs had either a goal or an assist as M-S posted an Apollo Conference shutout at Taylorville 8-0.
The defense did not allow the Tornadoes a single shot on goal.
Maddie Claybrooke had her first two-goal game of the season, along with one assist.
Biegler had two assists and Wade finished with one goal and one assist.
Other teammates who scored were Maddie Louis (who hit the first goal of the match), Cayla Koerner, Brea Benson, Lilia Isaac and Lauren Schnepper.
Isaac was the 18th different squad member to net a goal this season.
Also assisting were Grace Lietz, Lester, Brooke Benson and Delaney King.
M-S returns to action today, weather permitting, at home against Normal University High. The team has also added a rescheduled home match with Morton for Saturday.
In their 10 league matches, the Bulldogs permitted just three goals.
Baseball
Jordan Veldman had two hits against Monticello on Tuesday in a game that neither school could win.
The teams played nine innings and settled for a 2-2 tie when the game was called by darkness.
Veldman and Quinn Miller scored the M-S runs. Jon Latham was credited with the Bulldogs’ lone run batted in.
Kyle Kinney worked the first six innings, walking one and striking out seven. Rick Bohlen pitched three scoreless innings of relief, fanning four.
M-S (13-6-2) returns to action today, weather permitting, at home against Tri-Valley.
Softball
Aubrie Shore and Karley Yergler combined for the Bulldogs’ third shutout of the spring on Monday, an 11-0 conquest over visiting Fisher.
M-S expanded a 4-0 lead with a seven-run sixth-inning.
Shore pitched five innings of hitless ball, walking four and striking out seven. Yergler pitched the final inning, allowing one single and walking one batter.
The pitchers were supported by an errorless defense.
The 12-hit M-S attack was led by Sam Tamburo (3-for-4), Shore (2-for-4), Ashley Wheeler (2-for-4), Carlee Scott (2-for-4) and Ashley Campbell (2-for-3).
Tamburo belted a triple and drove in three runs. Campbell had a double and two RBI. Wheeler also knocked in two runs.
On Tuesday, the Bulldogs knocked off visiting Monticello 11-9, scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overcome a one-run deficit and create the final score.
Shore, Campbell, Julia McNaught and Abigail Akers all had two hits for M-S. Campbell belted a double and a triple. Akers drove in three runs.
Shore pitched two innings of relief and earned the victory. Yergler worked the first five innings, scattering five hits while walking one batter and striking out four.
M-S has won six of its last eight games.
The Bulldogs (14-8) return to action tonight at home, weather permitting, against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.
