By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com For the fifth time in the past six seasons, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team has achieved a 20-win season. The Bulldogs reached that plateau in Friday’s Senior Night regular-season finale, outscoring Mattoon in every quarter of an 80-54 triumph. The visiting Green Wave jumped ahead early, 9-2, […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs, who haven’t lost since January ended, made Normal West their seventh consecutive victim on Tuesday in a non-conference game at home. Grant Coleman led M-S in scoring (24 points) and rebounding (eight). “He was a force on the glass for much of the game and […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman reached double figures in scoring, Luke Koller reached double figures in rebounding and Cole Lener reached double figures in assists on Friday as M-S dropped Taylorville 76-53 in an Apollo Conference boys’ basketball game at home. Coleman hit the 30-point mark for the seventh time […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs made more than half of their shots and overcame a first-quarter deficit to rally past Urbana 76-52 on Tuesday in the M-S gymnasium. The win was the fifth in a row and the fifth consecutive game where Grant Coleman was the team’s top scorer. Coleman […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs didn’t let the first three quarters affect what transpired in the fourth period on Tuesday. After three quarters in a non-conference boys’ basketball game at Normal Community, M-S was 0-for-4 from the free throw line. During the last eight minutes the team sunk 9 of […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs scored the most second-half points Friday at Lincoln, but could not recover from a huge first-half deficit and suffered a 66-36 loss to the Railsplitters. After intermission, M-S held a 23-20 edge in points scored. Lincoln limited the Bulldogs to six first-quarter points and carried […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs doubled the score on Dunlap at halftime Friday night (32-16) and then needed late heroics to walk away with a 63-62 non-conference triumph. “We had to survive a furious barrage from Dunlap in the fourth quarter,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We ultimately lost our […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Washinton’s Devon Vanderheydt hit a buzzer-beater Tuesday night, sending the Panthers past visiting Mahomet-Seymour 52-50 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. “I tip my hat to the Vanderhydt kid, who hit a tough shot with a hand in his face,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We’d guarded […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman is not a basketball player who focuses on records and individual milestones. The Mahomet-Seymour senior was not immediately aware of the significance of the game he had on Tuesday at Mattoon. He knew he had scored 44 points – that knowledge was hard to […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Senior Grant Coleman registered a school-record performance on Tuesday at Mattoon. The 6-foot-7 Coleman shattered a 48-year-old school scoring record by notching 44 points in 24 minutes against the Green Wave. M-S hammered Mattoon 73-37. Coleman was 16 of 24 from the field, including 5 for 7 […]
