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 […]
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Shoaf and Pletcher break school records
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 […]
Pletcher to pole vault at University of Minnesota
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 […]
Pletcher, Hendershot, Shoaf and M-S 3,200-m relay place first at News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet, Soccer to play in Regional Championship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had champions in two girls’ events and placers in four others on Monday night in the 38th-annual News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet at Urbana High School. Poe vaulter Mara Pletcher beat all competitors with a leap of 11 feet, 2 inches. The M-S 3,200-meter […]
Early week wins for Mahomet-Seymour athletes
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The girls’ soccer program, along with both varsity track and field teams at Mahomet-Seymour, posted wins to start the week while the softball squad dropped two narrow non-conference decisions. Athletes from the C3 Special Olympics team also placed at Sunday’s gymnastic competition. The baseball team did […]