Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com The Bulldogs closed their abbreviated football season on Friday (April 23) at home by shutting out Taylorville, 56-0. M-S held a 469-91 edge in total yards. “For a season that had its ups and downs, to finish the season like that is definitely icing on the cake,” M-S coach Jon Adkins… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com MAHOMET – Eleven teams entered the two-person season-opening golf tournament during the weekend at Lake of the Woods. Emerging as champions of the two-day event, which ended on Sunday (April 25), was the duo of Matt Wennmaker and Ben Sieg. They were one of three groups tied for first after Saturday’s… Read more

By Fred Kroner The trio of Aubrie Shore, Karley Yergler and Ashley Campbell combined to go 11-for-11 with seven extra-base hits on Wednesday (April 21) at Urbana. The Bulldogs swatted five home runs in a 15-0 softball triumph. Shore and Yergler each blasted two homers. Campbell hit one home run. Sydney McKinney was 2-for-3, with… Read more

By Fred Kroner Haylie Orton put together a six-ace, four-kill, three-block performance on Tuesday (April 20) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team remained unbeaten away from home for the season with a 25-18, 25-17 triumph at Effingham. M-S is 7-0 in road matches, including three in the past eight days. Caylee Folken registered 10 assists and… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team held visiting Unity to one first-half point on Thursday (April 15) and the Bulldogs went on to post a 42-10 triumph. At halftime, M-S led, 28-1. Selah Campion became the fourth squad member to score in double figures this season, hitting a team-high 10 points. Reese Gallier… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ava Yeakel and Erin Dallas provided an offensive spark on Thursday (April 15) as the seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team defeated Unity, 24-15, at home. Yeakel tallied six points and Dallas scored five points. On Saturday (April 17), Yeakel scored 10 of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Monday was an anniversary for me. Not one that I care to remember, but one that I also can’t forget. There aren’t a lot of days in my past where I can recall exactly what I was doing at a particular moment in time. One exception is Friday evening, April 19,… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s path to a second consecutive Apollo Conference boys’ soccer championship was a difficult journey. The team had to play five league games in the final eight days of the season, ending with three road matches in the final four days. Two of those opponents were ones with designs on the Apollo… Read more

By Fred Kroner Ainsley Ranstead swatted 10 kills and collected five digs on Thursday (April 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team completed a season sweep of Teutopolis with a 25-11, 25-17 triumph on the road. Maddie Gaede had nine assists and Avery Allen wound up with four kills. M-S (12-2) returns to action on Thursday… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs were held scoreless and limited to one hit in their season-opener on Thursday (April 15) at home against Effingham St. Anthony. The visitors posted an 11-0 victory. The lone M-S hit was a double by Mateo Casillas. St. Anthony built a six-run lead after two innings before Bulldog reliever Zac… Read more