By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Cade Starrick and Raymond Long teamed up on a six-hit shutout on Monday as Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School captured a Class 3A IESA baseball regional championship. The Bulldogs blanked Monticello 10-0. Neither Starrick nor Long issued any walks. Starrick struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour placed fifth in Saturday’s 50-school Normal Parkside junior high school girls’ cross-country invitational. Ava Boyd was the M-S leader, running the 2-mile course in 12 minutes, 17 seconds to finish 15th individually. Avah Turner was 24th. Other team leaders in the 313-runner field were Reese […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Boys’ cross-country M-S Junior High trailed only Unity and Mount Zion in the 15-school Champaign Edison Invitational on Saturday at Parkland College. Unity’s team score was 55. Mount Zion’s was 65. Third-place M-S had a score of 74. Scores are determined by adding the places […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team has won two of its first three games. The team is averaging more than 10 hits per game. M-S decisioned Urbana, 17-5. Raymond Long had three hits and drove in three runs. Teammates with two hits apiece were Mason Orton, Braden […]
By DIRK VELDMAN Here is a story of four newly graduated boys (’19) from Mahomet Seymour High School, that have been friends since their days in pee-wee football, basketball, soccer and baseball. Ben Greenberger, Kyle Kinney, Jordan Veldman & Dawson Finch have been competing and or teammates for the last […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Rick Bohlen had three hits and drove in three runs while teammate Nate McFall had two hits and drove in two runs on Monday as the Bulldogs opened postseason play with a 10-3 Class 3A baseball regional quarterfinal win over visiting Urbana. Grant Harvey also had two […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Kobe Essien struck out 12 batters in 6 1/3 innings on Thursday as the Bulldogs edged visiting Bloomington, 5-4. Essien allowed four hits and walked three. Ben Greenberger pitched the final two-thirds of an inning to pick up a save. Jordan Veldman led the 12-hit M-S attack, […]
The Mahomet Diamond Dogs 9U and 10U teams participated in a Tom Jones Challenger League baseball game Tuesday night at AMBUCS Park in Urbana. Each Diamond Dog player paired up with a Challenger League athlete, helping them field, run the bases and bat. They also provided team support by cheering […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour emerged as the Apollo Conference team champions after completion of the rescheduled boys’ track and field league meet on Friday. The Bulldogs accumulated 132 points. Runner-up Mount Zion, the host school, placed second with 118 points. M-S had double placers in both weight events. Hunter Hendershot […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Coach Nic DiFilippo’s 250th career baseball win on Wednesday came courtesy of a shutout. Mahomet-Seymour traveled to Peru St. Bede and two Bulldog pitchers combined for the 13-0 win. The shutout was the team’s second of the spring. DiFilippo is in his 13th year as head coach […]
