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 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 […]
The Bulldogs will host a Class 2A regional tournament on Saturday. First-round matches will start at 9 a.m. The team favorite is Bloomington, which is ranked ninth in this week’s state poll by The Illinois Best Weekly. M-S is ranked 22nd. Also in the eight-school field is 19th-ranked Normal West. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even as he reached another milestone in his coaching career on Thursday, Mahomet-Seymour’s Rob Ledin was looking ahead. The person who is the longest-tenured wrestling head coach in the history of the storied Bulldog program (which has 29 individual state champions and 13 top-three state finishes […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Six Bulldogs won both matches on Thursday as Mahomet-Seymour opened its Apollo Conference wrestling schedule with a split at Effingham. The Bulldogs (15-1 overall) defeated the host school 73-6 before losing to Mattoon 37-32 in a match decided by the final bout. In the most-recent Illinois Best […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs (14-0) maintained their state ranking (21st in Class 2A) in the weekly poll released on Tuesday by The Illinois Best Weekly. M-S returns to action tonight at Effingham and then will return home on Saturday to host the Marty Williams Invitational, which will start […]
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 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. […]
