Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won three of four volleyball matches on Saturday (Sept. 10) and placed third in the Jacksonville Invitational. The Bulldogs started out with wins against Peoria Richwoods (25-13, 25-18) and Jacksonville Routt (25-12, 25-8) before losing in the semifinals to Rochester (25-22, 25-22). M-S topped Washington in the third-place match, 25-16, 25-16.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Luke Johnson was a true Bulldog on Friday night (Sept. 9). The Mahomet-Seymour junior running back rushed for a career-high 337 yards on 28 carries and scored five touchdowns as the Bulldogs romped past Mount Zion, 49-14, in the school’s first football road game of the season. Johnson’s single-game rushing effort was… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com I received an early-morning text from a friend on Friday; the kind that friends send one another during troubling, tumultuous, or tragic times. It’s meant to be light-hearted and whimsical, a combination which can be hard to find when overcome by sorrow. But then again, if you look closely, there’s usually… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour dropped a 9-0 decision in girls’ tennis to Champaign Central on Tuesday (Sept. 6) at the Illini Grove courts. The Bulldogs used their 12th different combination in doubles when Delaney Shore and Shaelynn Standifer took the court. M-S (2-3) returns to action on Thursday (Sept. 8) at Illini Grove against Kankakee… Read more

By Fred Kroner Maddie Gaede distributed 13 assists on Tuesday (Sept. 6) as Mahomet-Seymour won an Apollo Conference  volleyball matchup at home against Mattoon, 25-18, 25-17. Ellie Barker swatted six kills and Tori Garner served three aces. M-S (8-1) returns to action on Thursday (Sept. 8) at Mount Zion. The Bulldogs are 2-0 in Apollo… Read more

By Fred Kroner Meet medalist Kelton Hennesy, a freshman from Mahomet-Seymour, led the Bulldogs to victory on Tuesday (Sept. 6) in a three-school boys’ golf meet at Lake of the Woods. Hennesy matched his season’s best score with a 37, to finish one shot in front of runner-up Will Ross, from Monticello. Placing third individually… Read more

By Fred Kroner With Mahomet-Seymour athletes recording the meet’s three-best scores, the Bulldogs overpowered the competition on Tuesday (Sept. 6) in the Champaign County Girls’ Golf Tournament at Brookhill, in Rantoul. Medalist Ainsley Winters fired a 76. She was followed by Kayla McKinney (90) and Brooke Hartman (94). Other M-S competitors were Chloe Merkle (106),… Read more

By Fred Kroner Senior Eden Oelze and freshman Talynn O’Donnell each won two individual events and helped two relays to victory on Wednesday (Sept. 7) as Mahomet-Seymour was triumphant in a three-school girls’ swimming meet in Bloomington. Oelze was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle (30.79 seconds) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:16.82). O’Donnell prevailed in the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour runners secured two top-five finishes on Friday (Sept. 2) in the eighth-grade boys’ race in the non-scored Chrisman Cowchip Classic. Tate Bode placed third, running the hilly 2-mile course in 11 minutes and 28.4 seconds. Cody Moen placed fourth (11:32.1). Other Bulldogs in the 79-runner race were Jack Van Hoorn (11th… Read more

By Fred Kroner Addison Schulze fired her fifth shutout of the season on Wednesday (Aug. 31) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High softball team blanked St. Matthew, 11-0, in Champaign. She permitted one hit and one walk and struck out 10. Lilly Jones had three RBI and Schulze and Cora Ummel both knocked in two runs.… Read more