Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com My introduction to wrestling occurred in my sophomore year of high school. Our P.E. coach, Randy Bowman, did four-week units on a variety of activities. In the late fall of 1970, he conducted a unit on wrestling. This was probably easy for him as he was the Mahomet-Seymour varsity wrestling coach.… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Once upon a time (where have you heard that before?) there was a young man and a young lass whose fairy tale dreams really did come true. Twice. Meet Mahomet’s Kyle and Kirby Mitchem. They are husband and wife as well as the new owners of what was previously known as… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andy Warner didn’t feel like he had a lot of athletic options as he entered Champaign Central High School in the fall of 1968. “I was not tall enough for basketball and I was too small for football,” Warner said. One option was enough. He chose a sport that was suitable… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ tennis team won five singles matches in straight sets on Thursday (Oct. 6) and edged St. Thomas More, 5-4, in its regular-season finale at the Illini Grove courts. At No. 2 singles, Emily Young dropped Natalia Andino-Guerra, 6-3, 6-1. Young has won her last three matches. At No. 3 singles,… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team will end the season with six consecutive matches away from home. Four of those matches will be played this week. The second road trip in the series was on Thursday (Oct. 6) and resulted in the Bulldogs losing a 1-0 decision at Mount Zion to drop to 8-1-1… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team finished in 10th place on Saturday (Oct. 8) in the 24-school Metamora Runnin’ Red Invitational. Team-leader Ava Boyd ended in 22nd place individually with a 2.94-mile time of 18 minutes and 35.20 seconds in a race with 230 competitors. Boyd was one of eight Bulldogs who logged their… Read more

By Fred Kroner Led by sophomore Blake Dillman, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team placed eighth on Saturday (Oct. 8) in the 22-school Metamora Runnin’ Red Invitational. Dillman crossed the finish line in 16 minutes, 18.40 seconds for a 2.94-mile course. The Bulldogs ran in a tight pack with the team’s top eight runners finishing within… Read more

By Fred Kroner Freshman Talynn O’Donnell broke two of her own school records on Saturday (Oct. 8), helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ swimming team to a fourth-place finish in the nine-school Urbana Tiger Invitational. O’Donnell’s new records came in events that she won, the 50-yard freestyle (24.89 seconds) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.93 seconds). Her previous… Read more

By Fred Kroner Senior Ainsley Winters tied for 35th on Saturday (Oct. 8) in the girls’ Class 1A state golf tournament at Decatur’s Red Tail Run Golf Course. Winters carded 18-hole rounds of 85 and 79 for a two-day total of 164. Her second-day score tied for the 28th-best on Saturday. For the season, Winters… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Leif Olson tied for 40th on Saturday (Oct. 8) in the Class 2A boys’ golf state tournament at the Weibring course, in Normal. In Friday’s 18-hole session, Olson carded an 82 and was in the last group to qualify for the 88-player final round. On Saturday, he came back with… Read more