By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Three Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestlers advanced to the IESA Class 2A state tournament, which was scheduled to start on Friday, in DeKalb, at Northern Illinois University. However, the IESA announced on Thursday that the tournament had been cancelled. Peyton Cox won the 112-pound weight class in last […]
Talon Decker became the first Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation State Qualifier since the MS Youth Wrestling Club was reformed 4 years ago. Decker finished second in the IKWF Central Sectional held in Monticello. He won his first three matches via pin, including the semi-final match which clinched a state tournament […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs earned a Class 2A regional wrestling team title last Saturday at home and had 17 athletes secure top four finishes. Fourteen of the M-S athletes have advanced into a 25-school sectional at Jacksonville that will be held on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Three other […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Five Bulldog won matches – including a pin by senior Seth Buchanan in his last high school bout – but it wasn’t enough to help the Bulldogs to victory on Saturday. Fourth-ranked and unbeaten Antioch (22-0) upended M-S 41-26 in a Class 2A quarterfinal match in the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the 18th time in the 37-year history of the IHSA dual-meet state series in wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour has advanced its full team to the Elite Eight. The Bulldogs earned their berth on Tuesday with a resounding 71-10 triumph over host Lincoln in a Class 2A sectional […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com All three of the Bulldogs’ individual state-qualifiers won matches at the UI State Farm Center and junior Daniel Renshaw posted four wins and placed fifth in the Class 2A 220-pound division. Renshaw’s only losses in the state tournament were to the eventual champion, unbeaten Apollo Gothard, from […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com M-S senior Seth Buchanan was ranked third in the Class 2A 285-pound weight class for the IHSA state tournament, which starts on Thursday at the UI State Farm Center. The state rankings were compiled by Rob Sherrill for IWCOA.net. Buchanan (38-5), who is closing in on 40 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com All 11 Bulldogs who competed in the Mascoutah Class 2A Wrestling Sectional on Saturday won at least one match. Eight of them posted at least one pin. Three of them qualified for state. The M-S state representatives will be junior Gage Granadino (152 pounds), junior Daniel Renshaw […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten Bulldogs advanced to the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament based on results from Saturday’s regional at Mahomet-Seymour. All 14 varsity wrestlers made a contribution to the school’s sixth consecutive regional championship. Every athlete in coach Rob Ledin’s lineup won at least one match and 13 helped […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Since December, Mahomet-Seymour’s Noah Schnepper has had his sights set on one thing: to advance out of the regionals in wrestling. Schnepper will take the mat alongside his teammates on the 2019-20 Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team as the Bulldogs host an IHSA Class 2A Regional on Saturday. First-round […]
