Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour used three solo home runs – two by Abby Akers – to edge Normal Community, 4-2, at home on Tuesday (April 26). Akers and Karley Yergler – who blasted her team-high eighth home run – accounted for all four of the M-S hits. They each had two hits.  Yergler (13-1) had… Read more

By Fred Kroner With a hat trick on Tuesday at Charleston, Mahomet-Seymour’s Cayla Koerner hit the 40-goal mark for the girls’ soccer season. In addition to her three goals, Koerner also had two assists in the Bulldogs’ 9-0 triumph. M-S led 8-0 at halftime and posted its fourth consecutive shutout and ninth of the spring.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ track and field team had winners in three events on Saturday (April 23) at the Tuscola East Prairie Invitational. Individually, Cody Moen earned top honors in the 1,600 meters (5:29.69) and teammate Brock Evans was victorious in the pole vault at 6 feet. The Bulldogs’ 400-meter relay unit was… Read more

By Fred Kroner Ella Walk won three individual events on Saturday (April 23) as the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade girls’ track and field team copped top honors in an eight-school junior high meet at Tuscola East Prairie. Not to be outdone, the M-S seventh-grade girls’ squad also captured a team championship. Walk was victorious in the 800… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team competed in the Metamora ABC meet on Friday (April 22). The 12-school meet has three categories in each event, a Class A division, a Class B division and a Class C division. In Class A events, M-S placed ninth with 38 points. In Class B competition,… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ track and field teams were triumphant on Saturday in both the varsity and junior varsity divisions of the Champaign Central Invitational. The varsity Bulldogs totaled 112 ½ points. The runner-up in the 11-team field was Cahokia with 96 points. In the JV segment, M-S ended with 33 ½ points. Runner-up… Read more

By Fred Kroner It was a hitter’s paradise on Saturday (April 23) when the Mahomet-Seymour softball team swept a doubleheader from Taylorville. In the two games, the Bulldogs accumulated 27 runs and 26 hits,12 of which landed for extra bases. M-S topped Taylorville 10-2 and 17-0. Karley Yergler led the Bulldogs’ offensive assault. She was… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team made the most of its three hits on Thursday (April 21) and dispatched visiting St. Thomas More 4-2 in a non-conference baseball game. Bulldog pitchers Carter Johnson and Zach Courson teamed up on a five-hitter and didn’t walk a batter. Johnson picked up the win after striking out eight… Read more

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner struck for one goal and two assists on Thursday (April 21) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team scored a 3-0 shutout at Mount Zion. Brea Benson and Emma Dallas also notched goals for the Bulldogs, who led 2-0 at halftime. Nadia Biegler had the team’s other assist. On Saturday (April… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s undefeated girls’ soccer team received a tie-breaking goal from Cayla Koerner in the final minute on Monday (April 18) and edged Rochester at Middletown Field, 3-2. “The Bulldogs once again avoided the comfort of an Epicurean game, rather playing their third match within a week that would close beaches,” M-S coach… Read more