Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour secured Class 2A state-meet berths in three events during action on Thursday (May 19) at the Tolono Unity Boys’ Track and Field Sectional. Robert Byron was the sectional champion in the discus with a personal-best toss of 166 feet, 5 inches. His effort ranks seventh on the all-time M-S leaders’ list… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs’ bats were on fire on Thursday (May 19) when the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team ended the regular season with a 13-7 triumph at Bloomington. M-S pounded 19 hits, including two triples by Blake Wolters and two doubles by Carter Johnson. Wolters ended with four hits. Johnson and Alex McHale each landed… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh grade girls 4×4 relay team qualified for the IESA State meet last week after they won in Regionals, breaking the school record, which had been in place for 22 years. Their time was 4:24.05. The previous record was 4:25.7 in 2000. Relay members included Ayla Finfrock, Emma Busch and Anniston Huff… Read more

The Mahomet Lions Club will host their third annual Honor Parade and Celebration event on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event to honor local first responders, active military and veterans will leave from Division and E. State St., traveling south to E. Main St., and continuing until it ends at the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer team started its postseason journey on Wednesday (May 18) by shutting out Lincoln, 9-0, in a Class 2A regional semifinal match at Bloomington. All three matches between M-S and Lincoln this spring ended with 9-0 Bulldog wins. Cayla Koerner was involved with seven of the goals. She scored three… Read more

By Fred Kroner The two Mahomet-Seymour competitors in the 39th News-Gazette boys’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana on Monday (May 16) each landed in fourth place. Ty Clark cleared 12 feet, 4 inches in the pole vault and Robert Byron tossed the discus 152 feet, 8 inches. M-S returns to action on… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Grace Rodebaugh was the high jump champion on Monday (May 16) in the 39th News-Gazette girls’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana High School. Rodebaugh cleared 5 feet and ½ inch. M-S athletes finished second in two events. Ava Boyd was the runner-up in the 1,600 meters in 5… Read more

By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers accounted for two of Mahomet-Seymour’s four hits on Monday (May 16) in a 5-2 non-conference baseball loss at home to Normal Community. Evan Ruzich and Blake Wolters each delivered one hit. Ruzich and Mateo Casillas both had one RBI. Wagers and Zach Courson scored the Bulldog runs. Courson (6-2) pitched… Read more

By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler tossed her 13th shutout of the season and tied the Mahomet-Seymour single-season home run record on Monday (May 16) as the Bulldogs blanked visiting Danville, 6-0. Yergler scattered two hits and walked one hitter. She struck out 18.  Offensively, she struck two home runs, matching the season record (14) she… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour concluded its first regular-season in boys’ tennis by topping Danville, 6-3, on Monday (May 16). The Bulldogs won four matches in singles and two in doubles. Posting single wins in straight sets were Jacob Atteberry (No.3), Quade Bristle (No. 4), Braden Stacey (No. 5) and Gaspar Covarrubias Zuniga (No. 6). In… Read more