Author: Fred Kroner
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Mahomet-Seymour Swimming comes out on top at Lincoln
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs (5-2) dominated a three-school meet on Thursday at Lincoln. M-S’ winning point total of 100 was more than the other two competing schools had combined, Lincoln (57) and Stanford Olympia (23). The Bulldogs took first in all three relays and also had winning efforts in seven individual events. Scoring two… Read more
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Orgeron’s 17-points not enough to pull Bulldogs over Effingham
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a career-high 17 points on Thursday, but M-S suffered a 54-48 Apollo Conference loss at Effingham. Orgeron also hit a new career-high with five three-point field goals. The 5-foot-10 freshman totaled 46 points and six three-pointers in her first 16 high school games, but has put up 59 points… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour wrestling places third at Marty Williams Invitational
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 Weekly state rankings, Mattoon was… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour junior high boys’ basketball and volleyball recaps
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com With balanced scoring continuing to be a bonus, the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning ways with three victories by margins of nine, or fewer, points. The team’s winning streak was at 17 games before Thursday’s 40-35 loss to Champaign Jefferson. The seventh-graders are 17-3 overall and the No. 1… Read more
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Coleman just playing basketball, not focused on records
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman is not a basketball player who focuses on records and individual milestones. The Mahomet-Seymour senior was not immediately aware of the significance of the game he had on Tuesday at Mattoon. He knew he had scored 44 points – that knowledge was hard to miss thanks to an electronic… Read more
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Commentary: A new perspective through friendship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Explanation is not the same as justification. Sometimes they can be polar opposites and have no relationship or relevance to each other. Consider the story of a young man who was raised in a small – but growing – midwestern community. He lived in the same house and attended the same school… Read more
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Illinois Best Weekly ranks M-S Wrestling
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 at 9 a.m. Read more
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Mount Zion halts Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball win streak
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mount Zion put a halt to Mahomet-Seymour’s four-game winning streak in girls’ basketball on Monday, posting a 53-40 victory over the Bulldogs in their own gym. Durbin Thomas scored a team-high 11 points and made a career-high three three-pointers. Other top point-makers for the Bulldogs were Savannah Orgeron and Nichole Taylor, each… Read more
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Coleman breaks another Mahomet-Seymour record at Mattoon
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Senior Grant Coleman registered a school-record performance on Tuesday at Mattoon. The 6-foot-7 Coleman shattered a 48-year-old school scoring record by notching 44 points in 24 minutes against the Green Wave. M-S hammered Mattoon 73-37. Coleman was 16 of 24 from the field, including 5 for 7 from three-point range. He also… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball drops two over weekend
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In the battle for first place in the Apollo Conference on Friday, visiting Lincoln dealt Mahomet-Seymour its worst loss of the boys’ basketball season, 70-51. “We got down early and were not able to recover,” M-S head coach Ryan Bosch said. “I thought we could handle their press a little bit… Read more