BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Junior high can be a confusing time for students. But at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, there is a group that helps them gain individual confidence, become part of a group and realize their full potential. Growing numbers season-to-season indicate that the Mahomet-Seymour cross-country program is doing […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A 10-game Mahomet-Seymour winning streak was ended on Saturday when Normal Chiddix pushed across a fourth-inning run and made it stand up in a 1-0 decision over the Bulldogs in a Class 3A IESA sectional championship baseball game in Normal. Peyton Cox pitched a seven-inning complete […]
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 It can be said, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country runners did their best on Saturday at the Richard Spring Invitational, at Peoria’s Detweiler Park. All 16 Bulldogs who ran registered season-best 3-mile times. Thirteen of them produced lifetime bests. The youth on the team prompted coach Neal Garrison […]
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 The Bulldogs ran in packs on Saturday, which led to a sixth-place team finish in the 16-school Lee Halberg Lanphier Invitational in Springfield. Kyle Nofziger and Joseph Scheele set the pace for the Bulldogs, running identical 3-mile times of 17 minutes and 4 seconds. They placed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team continues to excel in meets with runners from multiple schools. In Saturday’s non-scored Chrisman Cowchip Classic – no team results were tracked – M-S had five runners placed among the top 25 finishers in both the eight-grade and seventh-grade races while in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had two top 10 placers and five among the top 20 in a field of 100 runners on Saturday and captured team honors in the girls’ Charleston Invitational cross-country meet. Elizabeth Sims was the third-place individual covering the 3-mile course in 19 minutes, 2 seconds. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country M-S placed third in the 14-school Saber Corn Classic on Saturday at St. Thomas More. Two Bulldogs finished among the top 10 individually. Elizabeth Sims was fifth, running the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 41.9 seconds. She was 40 seconds behind the winner. […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com It’s the largest Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School cross-country squad in the history of the school. With 123 current runners, MSJHS faced a very competitive Unity Junior High team in Tolono Thursday night. While the Rockets came out on top in all four individual races: sixth-grade girls, […]
