Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner Ashley Campbell’s one-out single in the bottom of the ninth on Thursday (May 20) drove in Kenadi Granadino with the walk-off run that ended a scoreless softball duel between M-S and Teutopolis. Campbell’s hit was her second of the game. She was the lone Bulldog with more than one hit. Karley Yergler… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com The Bulldogs collected a school-record 21 stolen bases in a 10-2 baseball victory on Friday (May 21) at Armstrong-Potomac. Eleven players swiped at least one base. Nolan Nierenhausen had four thefts. Finishing with three steals apiece were Zac Carr and Blake Wolters. According to the IHSA web site, 21 stolen bases… Read more

By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers and Brayden Smith teamed up to throw the first shutout by the Mahomet-Seymour baseball staff on Wednesday (May 19) at home, a five-inning 11-0 triumph over Danville. Wagers (3-0) pitched the first four innings, scattering two hits, walking one and striking out six. Smith, in his first mound appearance of… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Eleven Bulldogs went 2-0 in dual meets on Tuesday (May 18) with five of them pinning two opponents as M-S stayed unbeaten for the wrestling season. M-S decisioned Westville 62-15 and Robinson 78-6 in matches held at Westville. For the night, M-S wrestlers won 24 of 28 matches. Seventeen of the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Kendyl Petro was a double winner for Mahomet-Seymour in the eighth-grade division of the Mount Zion Class 4A girls’ track and field sectional meet on Saturday (May 15). Petro was dominant in the shot put  (26 feet, 6 ½ inches) and the discus (84 feet, 8 inches). In both events, teammate Maddie… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had IESA champions in three events in the Saturday (May 15) Class 4A Mount Zion Sectional eighth grade boys’ track and field meet. Blake Dillman was the 800-meter winner, stopping the clock in 2 minutes, 17.62 seconds. In the pole vault, Ty Clark’s 10-foot, 6-inch effort placed him in first.… Read more

By Fred Kroner After being no-hit in the opener, the Bulldogs bounced back with 10 hits in the second game, but were still outscored on Saturday (May 15) and dropped a softball doubleheader at home to Charleston. The Trojans won the opener 7-0 and added an 8-2 win in the nightcap. The shutout loss was… Read more

By Fred Kroner Brea Benson scored the only goal Mahomet-Seymour would need – and the only one it would get – on a first-half assist from Cayla Koerner and the Bulldogs made it stand up in a 1-0 non-conference win at home over Morton on Thursday (May 13). “Being true to the lineaments of their… Read more

By Fred Kroner Keegan Ashby, Will Sampson and Blake Wolters all collected two hits on Thursday (May 13), but Mahomet-Seymour committed four errors and suffered a 9-7 non-conference baseball loss at Oakwood. M-S starter Zac Carr walked no one and struck out four in his 4 1/3-inning stint, but was saddled with the loss. Five… Read more

By Fred Kroner Senior C.J. Shoaf and junior Jonah Singer were individual winners for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team, helping the Bulldogs to the team title in the eight-school Bloomington Invitational on Thursday (May 17). For the third consecutive outdoor meet, Shoaf broke the M-S school record in the 110-meter high hurdles. His… Read more