Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour split a softball doubleheader at Lincoln on Saturday (April 2), suffering its first loss of the year in the second game. M-S won the opener, 7-0, behind the one-hit pitching of Karley Yergler, who struck out 10 batters in her second seven-inning shutout of the spring. Yergler also paced the offense… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour’s Carter Selk is leading the Bulldogs in home runs just five games in. The junior has two home runs, 7 RBIs, a .750 on-base average, and a .416 batting average, helping to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-1 record.  Selk knocked in two runs against Olympia, collected two runs and two RBIs against Danville,… Read more

Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com… Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED… Read more

By Fred Kroner Eight members of the winningest Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team in school history earned all-Apollo Conference first-team honors. Included in the group is 220-pound junior Colton Crowley, a three-time all-conference first-teamer. The repeat selections for the Bulldogs were 106-pound junior Caden Hatton, 170-pound junior Brennan Houser and 195-pound junior Mateo Casillas. The other M-S… Read more

By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler and her Mahomet-Seymour softball team came out on top Tuesday (March 29) in a masterful pitching duel at Stanford Olympia. M-S won 3-1, scoring twice in the top of the seventh, in a game where Yergler and her pitching counterpart (Danika Frazier) each allowed two hits while striking out 20… Read more

By Fred Kroner One day after being shut out in its first loss of the spring, the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team reached double figures in runs scored for the fourth time on Tuesday (March 29) at home. The Bulldogs upended Stanford Olympia, 11-5, thanks in part to home runs by Carter Johnson and Carter Selk. Johnson,… Read more

By Dani Tietz Four seniors combined to provide Mahomet-Seymour its best finish on Saturday (March 26) in the Top Prep Times Class 2A indoor state track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. Jonah Singer, Karsten Waisath, Kyle Nofziger and Joseph Scheele teamed up for an eighth-place finish in the 3,200-meter relay. Their… Read more

By Fred Kroner For the second consecutive match, Cayla Koerner accounted for five goals as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team remained unbeaten. On a wet field Thursday (March 23) in Metamora, Koerner deposited three shots in the net and assisted on two other goals as the Bulldogs overwhelmed the host school, 7-1. Emma Dallas, Grace… Read more

By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler fired a five-hit shutout on Monday (March 21) as Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team defeated Prairie Central, 3-0, in Fairbury. Yergler struck out 15 batters. The M-S offensive assault was led by Abbey Akers, Maddie Cortez and Jayden Hannah, each with two hits. Cortez swatted two doubles. Cortez drove in two runs… Read more