Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters pitched a four-inning perfect game on Monday (March 21) as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team blanked visiting Danville, 16-0. Wolters (2-0) struck out 11. At the plate, Wolters was 2-for-2 and walked twice. He scored four runs. Mateo Casillas, Braden Houchin and Carter Selk all powered home runs for the Bulldogs.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team’s offense continues to thrive. Two days after scoring 16 runs in a season-opening win, M-S opened its home schedule on Thursday (March 17) by overpowering Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 18-1. Blake Wolters, Alex McHale and Carter Johnson all contributed two hits. Wolters and McHale each crossed home plate three times as did… Read more

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner was involved with five goals on Thursday (March 17) as Mahomet-Seymour opened the girls’ soccer season with a 7-0 win at Middletown Field over Bloomington. Koerner scored one goal and assisted on four others. Hitting two goals apiece for the Bulldogs were Delaney King and Emma Dallas. Amelia Osman and… Read more

By Fred Kroner Kenadi Granadino’s sixth-inning hit drove home Karley Yergler with the tie-breaking run on Tuesday (March 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team completed a comeback with a 4-3 season-opening softball win at home over Tolono Unity. The Bulldogs trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the second inning before regrouping to send James Heinold… Read more

By Fred Kroner Five of the 12 hits produced by Mahomet-Seymour in its baseball opener on Tuesday (March 15) went for extra bases as the Bulldogs posted a 16-3 win at Tolono Unity. Blake Wolters drilled a double and a home run and teammate Brayden Smith socked two doubles to spearhead the M-S offensive assault.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team fell one win short of qualifying for the Class 4A IESA state tournament, which M-S will host starting on Friday (March 18). After winning the regional on Wednesday (March 9), 25-14, 25-16 at home over Urbana, the Bulldogs were topped on Monday (March 14) in the sectional finals… Read more

By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers were state-placers on Saturday (March 12) at the IESA Class 2A state meet, held at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. M-S had six state-qualifiers and five won at least one match. Seventh-grader Talon Decker won three of five bouts at state and placed fourth at 112 pounds. Decker… Read more

By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour seniors earned all-conference recognition by the coaches in the Apollo Conference. Cayla Koerner was voted onto the five-player first team. Ivie Juarez was selected to the five-player second team. Koerner tallied a team-high 523 points for the season, which ended with M-S capturing a school-record 30 wins. She also led… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Blake Wolters was the only junior selected to the Apollo Conference all-league first team. The first team consisted of five members. Wolters led the 17-15 Bulldogs in points, rebounds, assists and steals in four separate games. He was also the team’s season leader in those four categories as well. M-S finished… Read more

By FRED KRONER Buoyed by wins from the 3,200-meter relay and triple-jumper Cole Marshall, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team emerged victorious on Saturday (March 12) in the Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational. M-S scored 89 ½ points to edge runner-up Lincoln (86) and third-place Williamsville (79). Eleven schools participated. The winning relay featured three… Read more