By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten football team used a career-best performance from senior Nolan Nierenhausen on Friday (Oct. 15) in an 18-0 shutout over Mattoon. The victory enabled the Bulldogs to claim the Apollo Conference crown without a league loss. Nierenhausen was the offensive workhorse. He was called upon 35 […]
By Fred Kroner The unbeaten and state-ranked Mahomet-Seymour football team went on the road on Friday (Oct. 8) and made Peoria Richwoods its seventh consecutive victim of the season. M-S jumped into a 41-7 halftime lead en route to a 54-28 non-conference victory. The point total represented a season’s high. […]
By Fred Kroner The undefeated Mahomet-Seymour football team took a 3-hour road trip on Friday (Oct. 1) and turned in its most dominating performance against another state-ranked opponent. The Bulldogs, ranked 10th in Class 5A, shined on offense and defense, blitzing ninth-ranked (Class 4A) Quincy Notre Dame, 41-0. M-S got […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs celebrated their entrance into the state football rankings (No. 10 in Class 5A) with a convincing 48-10 Apollo Conference win on Friday (Sept. 24) at Charleston. The win was the team’s fifth in a row to start the season, making them playoff-eligible. If M-S gets […]
By Fred Kroner Playing away from home for the second consecutive game, the Mahomet-Seymour football team posted its second straight convincing win. The unbeaten Bulldogs opened Apollo Conference play with a 37-7 win at Effingham. The Flaming Hearts scored in the final 25 seconds to break the shutout bid. “The […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In the last high school football season – which actually took place earlier this calendar year – Luke Johnson was a starting linebacker for the Mahomet-Seymour football team. As a freshman. He played well enough to rank second on the team in total tackles after the […]
