By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Peyton Myers registered first-period pins in both of his matches on Tuesday as Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team opened its dual-meet schedule with a pair of victories. The Bulldogs dispatched Centennial 42-34 and Chatham Glenwood 39-34 in Champaign. The 152-pound Myers posted pins in 1 minute, 20 seconds and […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Lauren Minick thought her senior volleyball season at Mahomet-Seymour High School might be her last. “I’ve been playing volleyball year-round since seventh grade,” Minick said. “I was kind of feeling like I was getting burnt out. I was getting pretty exhausted and it was just a lot […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour opened the boys’ swimming season on Saturday by placing second in a four-team meet. Charleston was first with 373 points, followed by the Bulldogs (345), Lincoln (312) and Mount Carmel (176). Senior co-captain Evan Herriott was a two-event placer for M-S. He took second in the […]
The Champaign Chiefs kicked off their 2019-2020 hockey season defeating Sacred Heart Griffin 5-1 on Dec. 5. The Chiefs will face Springfield High School on Dec. 9. Henry Livingston (senior), Charlie Moore (senior), George Moore (sophomore), Kale Schweighart (freshman) and Peter Slezak (senior) represent Mahomet-Seymour. More information about the Lincoln […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs placed third in Saturday’s 12-team Matozzi Invitational at Hinsdale South High School. M-S, state-ranked in Class 2A in the preseason Illinois Best Weekly poll, finished behind two Class 3A schools (Bolingbrook with 207 ½ points and Neuqua Valley with 170 ½ points). The Bulldogs didn’t […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nichole Taylor set a new career-best for rebounding on Thursday, but Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball suffered a second one-point Apollo Conference road loss in four days. The Bulldogs were beaten by Charleston 41-40 despite an 11-point, 19-rebound effort from the 5-foot-7 Taylor. Charleston led 23-18 at halftime. Makayla […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman poured in 34 points Friday night and Cole Lener posted a double-double as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a victory in its home debut. The Bulldogs ran past Charleston 79-49 on Friday to improve their overall record to 2-3. Lener […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team carries a 16-game winning streak into Wednesday’s IESA sectional game at Effingham. The Bulldogs are 21-2 overall. They ended the regular season by overpowering St. Joseph 29-4 and then won back-to-back regional games, beating Champaign Edison in the semifinals, 46-15, and […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour High School wrestling was ranked 25th in the preseason Class 2A state poll issued last week by The Illinois Best Weekly. Four Bulldogs received attention in the individual state rankings, including senior 285-pounder Seth Buchanan, who was rated fifth after coming off of a 34-12 season. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened the season by winning once in the four-game Lincoln Tournament. Two of the Bulldogs’ losses were by nine points, or less. M-S placed sixth in the event. “We’ve not shot the ball very well to start the season,” M-S head coach […]
