Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner and Brea Benson each tallied one goal, but Normal Community snapped a 2-2 tie with a goal in the final 10 minutes and edged the visiting Bulldogs, 3-2, on Tuesday (May 10) in a girls’ soccer match in Normal. Janel Straub had an assist for M-S. “M-S had a great… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour extended its baseball winning streak to nine games on Monday (May 9) with a 12-2 conquest at Prairie Central. Chase Wagers (3-0) pitched a five-inning complete game without allowing an earned run or a walk. He fanned six batters.  Blake Wolters, Alex McHale and Jaedon Lager all stroked two hits. Lager… Read more

By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler pitched her second five-inning no-hitter of the spring on Monday at home, silencing Heyworth in an 11-0 Mahomet-Seymour softball victory. Yergler (15-1) struck out 14 batters and walked one as M-S returned to action following an 11-day layoff. She also contributed at the plate, slugging a home run and driving… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ track and field team had the individual runner-up in two events on Saturday (May 9) at the Clinton Junior High Challenge. In the 1,600 meters, Auggie Gaudio outstepped teammate Henry McMurry. Gaudio was second in 4 minutes, 57.02 seconds. McMurry was third in 5:02.09. The Bulldogs’ other runner-up was… Read more

By Fred Kroner Madalyn Marx broke a 21-year-old eighth-grade girls’ school record and anchored a Mahomet-Seymour relay to victory on Saturday (May 9) in the Clinton Junior High Track and Field Challenge. Marx shattered the 400-meter mark held since 2001 by Amanda Warner by covering the one-lap distance in 1 minute, 2.23 seconds. Warner’s previous… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs won six of eight singles matches and three of six doubles matches on Wednesday (May 4) to win a junior varsity boys’ tennis match at Urbana, 9-5. Mahomet-Seymour athletes who won singles matches were Connor Hirsbrunner (No. 1 position), Andre Grace (No. 4 position), Jacob Atteberry (No. 5 position), Lucas… Read more

By Fred Kroner Junior Grace Rodebaugh and sophomore Lauren Burr were Mahomet-Seymour’s individual champions on Thursday (May 5) in the Apollo Conference girls’ track and field meet at Mahomet. Rodebaugh took top honors in the high jump, clearing 4 feet,10 inches. Burr also won a field event, capturing the long jump title with a leap… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior Kyle Nofziger and junior Robert Byron won Apollo Conference championships on Thursday (May 5) in the boys’ outdoor track and field meet, hosted by M-S. Nofziger was the winner in the 1,600-meter race, finishing the four-lap event in 4 minutes, 36.08 seconds. Byron prevailed in the discus, with a winning… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour clinched at least a share of the Apollo conference baseball title on Saturday (May 7) by virtue of a doubleheader sweep at Mattoon. With pitchers Blake Wolters, Zach Courson and Evan Ruzich combining for 27 strikeouts for the day, M-S prevailed 14-1 and 12-3. The Bulldogs are 9-1 in league play… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour Junior High’s Mady Marx adds more than great times to this year’s track and field team. “She always comes to practice with a smile and is always encouraging others to do well,” Nichole Jessup said. “I just wish I had more than one year of coaching Mady.  She will have an amazing future in high school.” Marx… Read more