BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
A record-setting performance highlighted Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ Class 2A soccer regional semifinal win on Tuesday at Urbana.
The Bulldogs netted a season-high 10 goals while posting their fifth shutout of the season in a 10-0 conquest of Danville.
The victory enabled coach Jeremy Davis’ 16-4-4 team to tie the school record for single-season wins.
Two previous Bulldog teams also notched 16 wins in a season. The 2005 team was 16-4 and the 2017 team was 16-5-3.
Also on Tuesday, the current seniors became the winningest class in soccer. During their four years in high school, the varsity program has achieved 59 wins. The previous record (58) was set by last year’s seniors.
M-S will return to action at 5 p.m. on Friday at Urbana against the top-seeded Tigers in the regional championship match.
Tuesday was a night for individual milestones as well. Jake Janda’s four-goal, two-assist outing enabled him to tie the school record for goals in a season with 29.
Eli Warren became the fifth Bulldog in school history to reach the 50-point club (for combined goals and assists) in a career by scoring the first goal of the match and later adding two assists. Warren added to his single-season point record, which is a combined total of 46 goals and assists for this season.
“Like a kid weaving between the dense streets of a coniferous forest, Eli Warren found the ball played by Jake Janda to get the Bulldogs on the board,” Davis said.
Kadyn Jones, who previously reached the 50-point club, added two more goals to his school-record combined total, which now stands at 62.
Tucker Antonacci netted his first two goals of the season for the Bulldogs while Logan Woodward added one goal and one assist.
Nate Lundstrom contributed three assists and Luke Creel had one assist.
Friday’s regional finale is a rematch between schools that played on Sept. 30 – also on Urbana’s field – with the Tigers posting a 4-1 victory.
M-S has enjoyed winning seasons in boys’ soccer for a school-record six consecutive years.
