Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters’ fourth double-double of the season couldn’t prevent the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team from dropping a 42-39 decision in its regular-season finale at Lincoln on Friday (Feb. 18). The Bulldogs finish Apollo Conference play with a 6-6 record. Wolters totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds to go with five assists. Wyatt… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving program continues to move up, and for senior Max Katz, that means the ability to move on. Katz became the school’s first sectional champion on Saturday (Feb. 19), winning the diving competition in a 21-school sectional tournament at Centennial High School. Katz posted a season-best score… Read more

By Fred Kroner A quarter of a century ago, Mahomet-Seymour’s high school enrollment had reached the point that it was moved up from the small-school classification by the IHSA to the large-school division. In those 25 years, no M-S wrestling team has fared better at the individual state tournament at the UI State Farm Center… Read more

By Fred Kroner Forty-five years ago, the girls’ basketball program was initiated at Mahomet-Seymour High School. It took until Year 2 for the program to win a game. It took until Year 4 for the school to have a winning record. It took until Year 9 for M-S to win a regional championship. It took… Read more

By Fred Kroner The winningest girls’ basketball team in Mahomet-Seymour history added to its total on Monday (Feb. 14). The Bulldogs overpowered Rantoul, 70-26, in a Class 3A regional semifinal contest at Normal West High School. The game marked the sixth this season for M-S to hit the 70-point mark. Cayla Koerner scored 16 of… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs won 28 of 34 matches in their final two home dual meets of the season last week, overpowering Normal Chiddix 78-7 on Tuesday (Feb. 8) and Mattoon 75-18 on Thursday (Feb. 10). Talon Decker (112 pounds) and Peyton Mitchem (126 pounds) won both of their matches by pin. Teammates who… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball season came to an end on Saturday (Feb 12) with a 61-44 loss to Rockford Eisenhower in the quarterfinals of the IESA Class 4A state tournament at Taylorville. Wyatt Bohm and Landyn Hannah were the Bulldogs’ top scorers. Each tallied 15 points. Bohm nailed three three-point shots. Nolan… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Cole Marshall won three events and took second in another on Thursday (Feb. 10) in a three-school non-scored mini boys track and field meet at the M-S fieldhouse. Marshall was the only multiple-event winner in the meet, which also included Clifton Central and Fisher. He won the long jump (5.78 meters… Read more

By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann and Luke Koller each scored 10 points on Friday (Feb. 11) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team secured a 41-35 Apollo Conference win at Taylorville. Wyatt Bohm added seven points for the Bulldogs. Blake Wolters handled a team-high nine rebounds to go with four assists. Quenton Rogers also distributed four… Read more

By Fred Kroner Five underclassmen Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers qualified for the Class 2A state meet on Saturday (Feb. 12) based on their performances at the M-S Sectional. Continuing their seasons as individuals were junior Caden Hatton (106 pounds), freshman Camden Heinold (120 pounds), sophomore Tallen Pawlak (138 pounds), junior Brennan Houser (170 pounds) and junior Mateo… Read more