Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The fall football season for the Mahomet-Seymour program in 2021 was truly a dream. Eleven consecutive wins to start the season. A state ranking among the top four in Class 5A. Two receivers who became the most prolific duo in school history. The accolades and honors didn’t come to an end… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team won two of its final three games before the arrival of the Christmas Break. The Bulldogs handled Prairie Central at home, 44-13, on Monday (Dec. 13), lost at St. Joseph, 30-27, on Tuesday (Dec. 14), and edged Champaign Edison at home, 38-30, on Thursday (Dec. 16).… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Last year, Ivie Juarez helped Mahomet-Seymour lose a girls’ basketball game. This year, Juarez is helping the Bulldogs win games. Last school year, Juarez was a junior at Normal Community High School. During a COVID-plagued and abbreviated spring season, M-S was seeking a basketball opponent and Normal Community invited the Bulldogs… Read more

By Fred Kroner Taylorville handed the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team its first loss on Friday (Dec. 17), 61-49, in an Apollo Conference game in Taylorville. M-S trailed, 11-10, after one quarter, but the Tornadoes hit three three-pointers in the second quarter and opened up a 33-21 lead at halftime. Ivie Juarez and Cayla Koerner were… Read more

By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann nailed four three-point shots and scored a game-high 14 points for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team on Saturday (Dec.18) in a 52-38 loss at Normal University High. M-S trailed, 15-11, after one quarter and was still down by four points, 31-27, entering the final period. Blake Wolters tallied seven points… Read more

By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga were each involved in two first-place finishes for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team on Tuesday (Dec. 14) in a three-school meet at Champaign. They teamed up with Mitch McAnally and Carter Logsdon to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 50.44 seconds. Individually, Varga won the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Junior Mateo Casillas (195 pounds) and senior Jacob Dobbins (160 pounds) each went 5-0 on Saturday (Dec. 18) to help the state-ranked Mahomet-Seymour wrestling squad capture team honors in the Tyler Cox Dual-Meet Memorial Tournament at Chatham Glenwood. Casillas had one pin for the day and raised his winning streak to 15… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour opened the home portion of its wrestling season on Tuesday (Dec. 14) and blitzed Clinton 53-9. In non-forfeited matches, the Bulldogs held a 3-2 edge. The M-S non-forfeit winners were Tallen Pawlak, with a pin at 138 pounds, Nicholas Demos, with a 17-2 technical fall win at 160 pounds, and Camden… Read more

By Fred Kroner Three players scored in double figures on Tuesday (Dec. 14) as Mahomet-Seymour dispatched visiting Taylorville 57-48 in an Apollo Conference boys’ basketball game. For the first time this season, the Bulldogs have won back-to-back games. Quenton Rogers led a trio of M-S players in double figures. He knocked down 19 points. Blake… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour knocked down 10 three-point shots on Monday (Dec. 13) and cruised to a 63-24 non-conference girls’ basketball victory at Tolono Unity. M-S also nailed 13 of 16 free throw attempts. Leading the offense were Cayla Koerner (20 points) and Savannah Orgeron (19 points). Both players nailed three three-pointers. Also hitting from… Read more