Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Senior Max Katz placed 44th in the state diving competition on Friday (Feb. 25) at FMC Natatorium in Westmont. He finished with a score of 153.30. There were 48 qualifiers. Katz was the first member of the M-S swimming and diving team to advance to state. At the sectional, he broke the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team bounced back from a semifinal loss on Saturday (Feb. 26) to win the third-place match in the IHSA Class 2A dual-team state tournament later in the day at Bloomington’s at Grossinger Motors Arena. M-S reached the semifinals by virtue of a 49-25 quarterfinal-round triumph over 18th-ranked Chicago Brother Rice… Read more

By Fred Kroner The firsts keep on coming for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team. Coach Garret Risley’s second Bulldog team added two more marks on its season resume on Friday (Feb. 25). Playing at Lincoln, M-S secured a 52-43 win over the host school, securing the school’s first-ever sectional championship in girls’ basketball. The triumph,… Read more

By Fred Kroner Senior Ariana Lingard and junior Grace Rodebaugh were individual winners for Mahomet-Seymour on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored girls’ indoor track and field mini meet at Mount Zion. Lingard captured top honors in the 200 meters. Her winning time was 28.42 seconds. She also took third in the 60 meters (8.24… Read more

By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour athletes were individual winners on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored boys’ track and field indoor mini meet at Mount Zion. Jonah Singer led a 1-2 Bulldog finish in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 4.90 seconds. Teammate Joseph Scheele was the runner-up (2:07.63) and a third… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team trailed early on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in its team sectional match against Bethalto Civic Memorial, but put on such a comeback they were able to forfeit the final two matches and still post a 38-34 victory. In the latest IWCOA state wrestling rankings, the Bulldogs were fifth in Class… Read more

By Fred Kroner Luke Koller scored a game-high 16 points on Wednesday (Feb. 23) and Mahomet-Seymour rallied from a game-long deficit to edge Danville in a Class 3A boys’ basketball regional semifinal game in Mahomet. M-S knocked down 8-of-10 fourth-quarter shots to complete the comeback. Dayten Eisenmann chipped in with 12 points and Blake Wolters… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team stormed back from a fourth-quarter deficit on Tuesday (Feb. 22) to edge Rochester, 34-33, in a Class 3A sectional semifinal game at Lincoln High School. Rochester (24-10) carried a 28-23 lead into the final eight minutes and expanded its margin to 34-23. Cayla Koerner scored four of… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School finished its regular season in wrestling on Saturday (Feb. 12) by winning three of five dual meets at East Peoria. The Bulldogs had entrants in 17 weight classes and each wrestler won at least one match. Finishing the day with unblemished 5-0 records were Justus Vrona (95 pounds),… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s varsity 3,200-meter relay placed fourth on Saturday (Feb. 19) in the Bulldogs’ season-opening girls’ indoor track and field meet at The Shirk Center, on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington. The foursome of Ava Boyd, Emily Bednar, Callie Jansen and Elizabeth Sims was timed in 11:00.38. The M-S 1,600-meter relay… Read more