Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs won four of 17 events on Wednesday (May 5) at a four-school meet at Mount Zion and placed second. The host Braves totaled 121 ½ points. M-S ended with 97 ½ points. Third-place Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond finished with 35 points. M-S had a double individual winner in senior Shaelin Ruzich. She won… Read more

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner was involved with four goals (two goals and two assists) on Tuesday (May 5) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team hit a season-high 11 goals in an 11-0 shutout at Charleston. Teammates involved with three goals were Elise Hertling (who had a hat trick with three goals), Brea Benson (one… Read more

By Fred Kroner Zach Carr and Will Sampson each powered their first home runs of the spring and Blake Wolters went 2-for-2 at the plate on Monday (May 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team topped Centennial 13-2 at home. Scoring two runs apiece were Carr, Sampson, Nate McFall, Andrew Norman and Wolters. Wolters pitched a… Read more

By Fred Kroner fred@mahometmews.com Abigail Akers and Kenadi Granadino each crashed three hits on Monday (May 3) as the Bulldogs pounded Centennial 12-1 in a softball game in Champaign. Granadino and Ashley Campbell each drove in three runs. Campbell collected two hits. M-S stole seven bases, including two apiece by Jadyn Hannah and Kayla McKinney.… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won seven events on Saturday (May 1) in the Mount Zion girls’ track and field invitational. Competing in the seventh-grade meet, Bulldog sixth-grader Hannah Martin was a two-event winner. Martin captured top honors in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2 minutes, 43.43 seconds. Her margin of victory was… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School athletes were individual winners on Friday (April 30) in a four-school boys’ track and field meet in Mahomet. Ethan Peterka won the 1,600-meter race and Colin Tobias won the pole vault in a meet that also included Danville North Ridge, Tuscola East Prairie and Champaign St.… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs not only shut out visiting Mount Zion on the scoreboard on Thursday (April 29), but also on the field. Mahomet-Seymour’s 5-0 victory over its Apollo Conference rivals came in a match the team didn’t allow the Braves any shots on goal. M-S put up 34 shots overall. Kayla Koerner scored… Read more

By Fred Kroner Abigail Akers and Aubrie Shore each finished with three hits and Karley Yergler clubbed two home runs on Thursday (April 29) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team upended visiting St. Joseph Ogden 13-3 in a five-inning game. Yergler drove in four runs. She also earned the pitching win, striking out 11 batters and… Read more

By Fred Kroner Three Bulldogs posted pins in both of their matches on Saturday (May 1) as M-S opened the wrestling season at home with dual-meet wins over Lawrenceville (67-9) and Pontiac (76-6). At 145 pounds, both of Logan Hillard’s pins occurred in the first period. Braeden Heinold (152 pounds) also recorded two pins as… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Chase Wolters delivered three hits and drove in two runs on Friday (April 30) as Mahomet-Seymour became the first school to defeat the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team this spring, registering a 5-2 victory in St. Joseph. Chase Wagers picked up the pitching win after working four innings and scattering three hits.… Read more