4o By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The best-laid plans, according to a line in the famous Robert Burns poem, often go awry. That’s not necessarily bad. Mahomet-Seymour senior muti-sport standout Cade Starrick was all set to attend the University of Illinois in the fall and leave behind his days as a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Alec Bergman’s original childhood dream is a thing of the past, but his future will include an acceptable substitution goal. At one time, Bergman had high expectations in a sport he no longer favors. “Before seventh grade, I had wanted to be a college swimmer and […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won six events on Wednesday (May 15) in the 15-school Pontiac Class 2A Sectional and landed 12 state-qualifiers while winning the team championship. The Bulldogs’ sectional crown was the school’s 14th in history in the sport, but the first since 2019. M-S took an insurmountable […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s sixth shutout of the girls’ soccer season on Tuesday (May 14) came against Meridian/Sangamon Valley in a semifinal match of the M-S Class 2A Sectional. Eleven different players had either a goal or an assist – or both – in the postseason opener, a 9-0 Bulldog […]
By Fred Kroner Ava Henderson pitched a six-hitter and didn’t allow an earned run on Wednesday as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team topped visiting Taylorville, 6-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. Taylorville salvaged a split with an 8-6 triumph in Game 2. Bulldogs with hits in both games were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Reliever Miles Woolsey worked four innings and earned the pitching win on Tuesday (May 14) as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team snapped a 6-6 tie with a four-run fifth inning and posted a 10-8 non-conference win at Normal West. Woolsey (3-0) walked no one and struck out […]
By Fred Kroner Adam Smigielski qualified for state for Mahomet-Seymour in two events on Saturday (May 11) in the IESA 16-school, eighth-grade boys’ Class 4A sectional track and field meet at Kankakee. Smigielski won the 800 meters (personal-best 2:13.34) and was the runner-up in the 1,600 meters (personal-best 4:58.08). Jayvon […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grader Norelle Eilts was a two-event state qualifier based on her performance on Saturday (May 11) in the 16-school IESA Class 4A sectional girls’ track and field meet at Kankakee. Eilts was the winner in the 800 meters, an event with 28 entries. Her time […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kody Ackman knows about strikes. He is, after all, a baseball pitcher for the Mahomet-Seymour High School team. Ackman understands what it means to be faced with a two-strike count: the odds of success for the person with two strikes have significantly diminished. He also understands […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour secured nine state-meet qualifiers on Thursday (May 9) in the 17-school Class 2A girls’ track and field sectional meet at Charleston. Junior Kara Carney (four events), senior Lauren Burr (three events), freshman Evelyn Hillard (three events), freshman Anniston Huff (three events) and sophomore Madalyn Marx (three […]
