BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs participated at two sites on Saturday and – like the boys’ team – emerged with champions at each location. The M-S 3,200-meter relay took first in the Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, clocking a time of 10:47.91. They won by 18.64 seconds. The relay […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had enough depth on Saturday to take athletes to indoor meets at two locations and win events at both sites. M-S competed in the indoor Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, as well as the First to the Finish meet at the University of Illinois […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com C.J. Shoaf continues to reach new heights during the indoor portion of the Bulldogs’ track and field season. On Saturday at the Normal West Invitational, Shoaf re-broke the school record in the high jump. He cleared 6 feet, 10 inches and coach Todd Lafond said, “came within […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In his first indoor meet of the season, Bulldog junior C.J. Shoaf broke the school record in the high jump. The 6-foot-3 Shoaf sailed 6 feet, 7 ¼ inches in a home meet on Feb. 7. The previous record, set by Jared Bosch, was 6-7. The Bulldogs […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The final installment (fall, winter) in our series on all-decade athletic teams concludes today with the release of the elite spring-sport athletes. Before we get to the particular sports, we will recognize two individual athletes. The designation is for Male and Female Athlete of the Decade. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mara Pletcher is gaining knowledge about the Ripple Effect. Loosely defined, it’s a principal that means one thing can have a profound effect on another thing, even if the two seem totally unrelated. Pletcher gets this. As a sixth-grader, she had an event picked out that she […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Saturday was a day of first for members of the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team as they competed in the 125th-annual IHSA state meet. Junior Hunter Hendershot won individual Class 2A state championships in two events, the shot put and the discus. His performances broke school […]
BY FRED KRONER Freshmen were the top two placers for Mahomet-Seymour in Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ track and field state meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Elizabeth Sims finished 14th in the 3,200 meters in a state field of 28 runners. Among freshmen at state in 2A, Sims was […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour qualified athletes for state in six field events and three running events during Thursday’s Class 2A boys’ track and field sectional meet at Monticello High School. Hunter Hendershot, Mathias Powell and C.J. Shoaf were all two-event state-qualilfiers. Hendershot captured first in both the shot put (60 […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It was the moment that junior high track and field athletes had worked for all season: crossing the finish line with a chance to move on to the IESA State meet. Of the hundreds who compete at IESA sectional meets, only dozens get to move on. To […]
