Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten seventh-grade boys’ basketball team won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday (Dec. 6), blitzing Bloomington George Evans, 40-22 at home. Five days earlier (Thursday, Dec. 2), M-S thumped Rantoul Eater, 44-23, at home. Jackson Golden registered a season-high 19 points against Evans to lead the Bulldogs. Konner Fisher drained two… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s bid by the seventh-grade girls’ basketball team fell one win short of qualifying for the state tournament. In the IESA Class 4A sectional championship game at M-S on Wednesday (Nov. 30), the Bulldogs dropped a 38-18 decision to Mount Zion. M-S trailed at halftime, 18-10. Marley Cloward and Kennedy Ashby each… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com From the time Ben Wallace was introduced to running as a sixth-grader, he knew he had found his passion. “Once I started running, I knew I wanted to continue for the rest of my life,” said Wallace, a Mahomet-Seymour senior. “I knew it was the sport for me.” He will do… Read more

By Fred Kroner Junior Owen Kearns was a two-event individual winner and also helped two relays to victory on Saturday (Dec. 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team opened the season with a victory in a three-school meet at Charleston. Kearns was triumphant in the 100-yard butterfly (57.77 seconds) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.91).\ In… Read more

By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron scored a game-high 22 points, but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team dropped its Apollo Conference opener on Friday (Dec. 2), a 44-39 loss at Mount Zion. The Bulldogs led, 12-10, after one quarter and 19-18 at halftime. Chloe Pruitt contributed eight points for M-S. The top Bulldog rebounders – with… Read more

By Fred Kroner Adam Dyer came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points on Thursday (Dec. 1) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a narrow 53-51 triumph at Mattoon. Dyer also cleared five rebounds. Trey Peters posted the team’s first double-double of the season, matching points and rebounds… Read more

By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron registered 19 points on Tuesday (Nov. 29) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team bounced back from a loss in its previous game with a resounding 64-38 triumph at home over Bloomington Central Catholic. Chloe Pruitt netted a season-high 13 points and Kylie Waldinger notched 11 points. Durbin Thomas contributed seven… Read more

By Fred Kroner Returning to action on Tuesday (Nov. 29) after an eight-day layoff, both the seventh- and eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour Junior High boys’ basketball teams emerged with victories at home. The eighth-graders used a balanced scoring attack to defeat visiting Champaign St. Matthew, 35-27. Parker Henry led the way with an eight-point outing. Bryson Tiefenthaler… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron has played AAU basketball since she was in sixth grade, and it has prepared her for the future. Just not in the way that many might expect. Many of her travel-team teammates are athletes the Mahomet-Seymour senior has seen on the opposing side of the court while playing high… Read more

By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Durbin Thomas had a self-imposed time limit as she began to get consumed in her recruitment to play basketball in college. The Mahomet-Seymour senior point guard didn’t set restrictions on when she would commit. Instead, the list of programs she would consider had to be located within a certain area. “I… Read more