Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner In its final regular-season game, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team knocked off the state’s ninth-ranked Class 3A team and also broke the school record for wins in a season on Thursday (Feb. 10) in a 63-52 triumph at Lincoln. Durbin Thomas and Savannah Orgeron matched their season’s best for three-pointers to spark… Read more

By Fred Kroner Different players posted double-doubles on consecutive nights as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to three games. On Tuesday (Feb. 8), the Bulldogs rallied at Urbana to salvage a 62-53 win. Luke Koller set the tone with 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. On Wednesday (Feb. 9), M-S… Read more

By Fred Kroner Senior Nichole Taylor provided a spark on Monday (Feb. 7) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team avenged a 12-point loss to Taylorville by handing the Tornadoes a 55-32 loss in M-S’ Senior Night game. The Bulldogs led, 9-0, after one quarter en route to tying the school record for wins in a… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high wrestling team capped a successful week by capturing team honors on Saturday (Feb. 5) in its own 16-school Bulldog Invitational. M-S amassed 233 points. Runner-up Chatham Glenwood totaled 196 ½ points. LeRoy was third with 184 ½ points. The Bulldogs’ junior varsity also competed in the tournament and placed… Read more

By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball teams from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High have reached double figures in wins for the season. The Bulldogs’ seventh-grade volleyball squad raised its winning streak to four consecutive matches with three recent wins, all in two-set sweeps, before dropping two matches this week. The Bulldogs dispatched Jefferson in… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Marci Wireman’s retirement as branch manager at First Mid Bank & Trust will impact more than the bank’s customers, who will no longer have access to her friendly smile and unlimited expertise. It will have an effect on staff, who will no longer have their trusted confidant, friend and colleague to… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour used a 22-12 fourth-quarter spurt on Saturday (Feb. 5) to grab an Apollo Conference boys’ basketball victory at Effingham. The Bulldogs prevailed, 54-41, after carrying a 32-29 lead into the final period. Blake Wolters led M-S with 18 points and six rebounds. Wyatt Bohm scored nine points and handled four rebounds.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won its seventh consecutive Class 2A wrestling regional championship – eight if the unofficial 2021 meet is included – on Saturday (Feb. 5) in its own gymnasium. In the eight-school event, the Bulldogs accumulated 229 points. Runner-up Normal West ended with 205 points and third-place Centennial totaled 154 points. M-S had… Read more

By Fred Kroner Aron Varga won the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday (Feb. 5), helping Mahomet-Seymour win team honors in the seven-school Illini Prairie Conference Invitational at Stanford Olympia. His time was 2 minutes, 12.04 seconds. The Bulldogs amassed 265 points and edged Bloomington Central Catholic (260). Trailing the two leaders were Pontiac (197), Charleston… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept the top two positions on Monday (Jan. 31) in an indoor non-scored season-opening boys’ track and field meet at home against Fisher. Cole Marshall was a three-event winner for the Bulldogs. He took top honors in the long jump (18 feet, 8 inches), the 60-meter dash (6.87 seconds) and the… Read more