Author: Fred Kroner

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By Fred Kroner Senior Ainsley Winters captured medalist honors on Friday (Aug. 26) at the Brookhill Invitational, in Rantoul. Winters shot a 78 and prevailed by one stroke. Kayla McKinney tied for 18th (92), Maddy Clark tied for 37th (99), Emma Dallas tied for 58th (113), Jama… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By Fred Kroner Reis Claybrooke secured a top-10 finish on Friday (Aug. 26) and helped Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ golf team to a fourth-place finish in the 14-school Champaign Central Invitational at the University of Illinois Orange Course, in Savoy. Claybrooke posted a 75 and ended in ninth place.… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comeback started on Friday (Aug. 26), 286 days after Mahomet-Seymour last played a football game. That contest, in November of 2021, was against Morton and ended with a 12-point Bulldog loss. The Comeback game was also against Morton and ended with a… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By Fred Kroner With three players shooting scores in the 30s, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team posted its best score of the season on Tuesday (Aug. 23) and toppled Champaign Judah Christian, 151-187, at Lake of the Woods. Medalist Reis Claybrooke carded a 35 and was the… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Volleyball Maddie Gaede registered 12 assists and Avery Allen amassed 12 kills on Tuesday (Aug. 23), helping Mahomet-Seymour to a 25-21, 25-22 volleyball sweep in its season-opener over Champaign Central. Allen also had seven digs. Chloe Pruitt contributed four blocks and two… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] Mahomet-Seymour’s Junior High softball team put together a four-game winning streak, starting on Thursday (Aug. 11) with a 17-0 win at Champaign Franklin. Addison Schulze fired a no-hitter and walked no one in an 11-strikeout performance. The Bulldogs took advantage of receiving 15 walks. Joella Snodsmith scored… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] Slayton Deck pitched a one-hitter on Thursday (Aug. 18) and was backed by a Mahomet-Seymour offense that hit a season’s high for runs scored in a 15-1 triumph at home over Champaign Jefferson. Deck walked one and struck out eight in four innings. Bradley Jones swatted two… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country teams hit the double trifecta in their season-opening race on Thursday (Aug. 18) at Tolono Unity. M-S was triumphant in the girls’ race for seventh- and eighth-graders as well as in the boys’ race for seventh- and eighth-graders and… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Seventeen months ago, Kyle Walmer had never played in a high school football game. He was then a sophomore at Mahomet-Seymour High School and experiencing a break from interscholastic sports as COVID-19 caused shutdowns nationally. And now? Walmer is the classic illustration that it is never too late to impress college… Read more

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Kelton Hennesy was the top freshman finisher from any school on Monday (Aug. 15) in the 15-school Tiger Kick-off Classic golf tournament at Urbana Country Club. Hennesy fired a 76 and placed fourth individually. One other Bulldog secured a top-20 placement. Leif… Read more