Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was nearly 49 years ago – in the fall of 1973 – that 20 Mahomet-Seymour teen-agers made history. They were members of the first girls’ softball team to represent the Bulldogs. More than that, they were pioneers in another manner. Softball was the first varsity sport available for girls in… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Softball One win on Monday (June 6) translated into two more softball games to play for Mahomet-Seymour. Those games will be at the state tournament, where the Bulldogs will compete for the first time since softball was introduced at M-S in the fall of 1973. Coach James Heinold’s team took… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are days that are difficult to get through, and they have nothing to do with work or other obligations. They can be days that were once associated with happy memories. For me, that day is June 3. It came around again last week. It was my parents’ wedding anniversary. I… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Champaign’s Kyle Davenport overcame a 2-stroke deficit after the first round to post a 4-shot victory on Sunday (June 5) in the two-day Naughtin Open golf tournament at the Lake of the Woods. Davenport carded rounds of 67 and 66 to finish at 133. Sunday’s round was played from the back… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A case can be made – even in the wake of a loss in the sectional finals – that the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team that stepped on the field at Champaign’s Spalding Park on Saturday (June 4) was the best in school history. The 7-4 loss to Chatham Glenwood brought an end… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Softball Mahomet-Seymour’s history-making softball season added a dose of drama in the Friday (June 3) Class 3A sectional championship game at Mount Zion. A program which had never won a game at sectionals until Tuesday, captured its second-ever sectional win in four days against Chatham Glenwood to earn the Bulldogs’… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Baseball Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team took another step forward on Thursday (June 2) as it knocked off defending Class 3A state champion Springfield in a sectional semifinal game at Champaign’s Spalding Park. The 6-1 win catapults the Bulldogs into the Sweet Sixteen for the third time in school history and for… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the record, Mahomet-Seymour’s 2-0 softball victory over Springfield on Tuesday (May 31) in the Class 3A sectional semifinals at Mount Zion was the team’s 25th win of the season and the 15th shutout for pitcher Karley Yergler. In historic terms, it was much more than those two school records would… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Amanda Warner Spafford and her husband, Adam, knew in advance that January, 17, 2022, would be a special day. What they didn’t realize was the magnitude of the day. It was a Monday and the date to celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday. Adam had the day off from his… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team checked one box on Saturday (May 28) and will try to check another one in the days ahead.  The Bulldogs dispatched Danville, 8-3, in Saturday’s Class 3A regional championship game. The victory was the school-record 24th for M-S, which had shared the single-season wins record at 23 with the… Read more