Dawgapalooza, an annual celebration to kick-off the football season will take place on August 30. The event, which runs from 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. features inflatables, a tailgate cookout, and Bulldog apparel. The Mahomet-Seymour marching band and cheerleaders lead the crowd in pre-game cheers at 6:45 p.m. The Bulldogs will […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour football program is on the move. There is no sauntering to reach the practice field. “That’s part of their conditioning,” first-year head coach Jon Adkins said. “As soon as their stuff is on, they jog out there.” Adkins is among the joggers. “I wouldn’t […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Coaches often talk about their athletes learning life lessons through the sports in which they participate. Mahomet-Seymour first-year varsity football coach Jon Adkins put that principle into practice this summer. He asked squad members who were interested in serving as team captains to submit an application […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Jon Adkins stopped playing football when he got to college in order to prepare for his future. “I was going to walk-on at Eastern Illinois University,” said Adkins, a Charleston native, “but I chose a different path. “I knew I wanted to coach and make an impact […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Parents have two choices when receiving a diagnosis that is unfavorable about a child. They can accept it, and make due as best as they can. They can reject it and independently search for alternative solutions. “The best thing for me,” Katrina Roberts said, “is to tell […]
The IHSA changed the way high school football playoffs happened.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school football games where the home team loses 34-6 aren’t often referred to as “historic” or “memorable.” An Oct. 5 non-conference game at Westville deserves those titles even though visiting Westmont prevailed by 28 points. Three of the five men officiating the game that night […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The record reflects the successes Mahomet-Seymour football enjoyed during Keith Pogue’s 11-year tenure as head coach. He was the third successive Bulldog football coach — a span covering 48 consecutive seasons through 2018 — to maintain a tradition in which the career winning percentage for the […]
