Author: Fred Kroner
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Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball falls to Mt. Zion
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In Monday’s Apollo Conference girls’ basketball opener at Mount Zion, Mahomet-Seymour’s Bulldogs were unable to hold a lead that was 13 points entering the fourth quarter and dropped a 46-45 decision to the Braves. M-S is 4-2 overall and returns to action tonight with another Apollo Conference road test, at Charleston. Nichole… Read more
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Winning streak takes Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ basketball to IESA Sectionals, strong start to boys’ season
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team carries a 16-game winning streak into Wednesday’s IESA sectional game at Effingham. The Bulldogs are 21-2 overall. They ended the regular season by overpowering St. Joseph 29-4 and then won back-to-back regional games, beating Champaign Edison in the semifinals, 46-15, and Champaign Jefferson in the finals,… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Wrestling to begin season ranked 25 by The Illinois Best Weekly
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. Other teammates earning recognition were… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball ends week with three wins
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team won twice on Saturday during the final day of the Prairie Central Hawk Classic in Fairbury. The Bulldogs (3-1) end the season’s first week with a three-game winning streak. In a 59-32 victory over East Peoria, Nichole Taylor posted the team’s first double-double of the year, scoring a… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball splits two at Prairie Central Hawk Classic
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com After two games, Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team has held the lead after seven of eight quarters. The Bulldogs, however, split their first two games in the Prairie Central Hawk Classic at Fairbury. In Monday’s opener, against the host Hawks, M-S carried a 40-27 lead into the final quarter, but were outscored 21-0… Read more
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Coleman to play basketball at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Not all 6-foot-7 high school basketball players are created equally. Some are most comfortable – or only comfortable – with their back to the basket and playing in the low post. Others are adept on the perimeter, agile enough to handle the ball and adequate enough to shoot the three-pointer. Mahomet-Seymour’s Grant… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Girls’ Basketball ends regular season on high note
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team concluded the regular season at home on Monday by overpowering Champaign St. Matthew 42-13. It was the 13th consecutive victory for the seventh-graders, who were led by Selah Campion with nine points. Teammates Kylie Waldinger and Ellie Dallas each scored six points. The seventh-graders (18-2) will play… Read more
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McFall commits to play baseball at Western Carolina
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nate McFall still has half of his high school baseball career ahead of him. And yet, the Mahomet-Seymour junior catcher has a good idea of where he’ll spend the four years following his high school graduation in 2021. McFall committed to Division I Western Carolina, in Cullowhee, N.C., earlier this month even… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Swim Team completes record-breaking season
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team had a record-breaking end to a record-breaking season. The Bulldogs placed fifth in Saturday’s Urbana Sectional and broke school records in four events. No M-S competitors met the times needed to qualify for state. Two of the individual marks were established by freshman Eden Oelze. She placed sixth… Read more