BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Five Bulldog won matches – including a pin by senior Seth Buchanan in his last high school bout – but it wasn’t enough to help the Bulldogs to victory on Saturday. Fourth-ranked and unbeaten Antioch (22-0) upended M-S 41-26 in a Class 2A quarterfinal match in the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the 18th time in the 37-year history of the IHSA dual-meet state series in wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour has advanced its full team to the Elite Eight. The Bulldogs earned their berth on Tuesday with a resounding 71-10 triumph over host Lincoln in a Class 2A sectional […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com All three of the Bulldogs’ individual state-qualifiers won matches at the UI State Farm Center and junior Daniel Renshaw posted four wins and placed fifth in the Class 2A 220-pound division. Renshaw’s only losses in the state tournament were to the eventual champion, unbeaten Apollo Gothard, from […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com M-S senior Seth Buchanan was ranked third in the Class 2A 285-pound weight class for the IHSA state tournament, which starts on Thursday at the UI State Farm Center. The state rankings were compiled by Rob Sherrill for IWCOA.net. Buchanan (38-5), who is closing in on 40 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com All 11 Bulldogs who competed in the Mascoutah Class 2A Wrestling Sectional on Saturday won at least one match. Eight of them posted at least one pin. Three of them qualified for state. The M-S state representatives will be junior Gage Granadino (152 pounds), junior Daniel Renshaw […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten Bulldogs advanced to the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament based on results from Saturday’s regional at Mahomet-Seymour. All 14 varsity wrestlers made a contribution to the school’s sixth consecutive regional championship. Every athlete in coach Rob Ledin’s lineup won at least one match and 13 helped […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even as he reached another milestone in his coaching career on Thursday, Mahomet-Seymour’s Rob Ledin was looking ahead. The person who is the longest-tenured wrestling head coach in the history of the storied Bulldog program (which has 29 individual state champions and 13 top-three state finishes […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The state-ranked Bulldogs – 22nd in Class 2A according to The Illinois Best Weekly – topped two opponents in dual meets Thursday night at Champaign Central. M-S (19-1) handled Pontiac 64-12 and Champaign Central 72-11. All 14 varsity grapplers who competed for M-S won at least one […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Six Bulldogs won both matches on Thursday as Mahomet-Seymour opened its Apollo Conference wrestling schedule with a split at Effingham. The Bulldogs (15-1 overall) defeated the host school 73-6 before losing to Mattoon 37-32 in a match decided by the final bout. In the most-recent Illinois Best […]
