Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs (11-1) will end a 10-day layoff on Saturday (March 13) in the semifinals of a Class 4A IESA regional tournament which it will host. M-S will open tournament play against either fourth-seeded Charleston or fifth-seeded Mattoon, who play in a Friday (March 12) quarterfinal match. Both possible opponents are… Read more

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs opened the seventh-grade Class 4A IESA regional tournament at home on Monday against Charleston – the same team they had played two days earlier in the regular-season finale. M-S suffered no letdowns and defeated four-seeded Charleston in straight sets, 25-21, 25-10. In the opening set, the Bulldogs pulled into… Read more

By Fred Kroner The M-S seventh-grader boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to four with a series of recent wins. The Bulldogs started the month with a 42-33 conquest at Rantoul on Monday (March 1). Cade Ashby hit a team-high 13 points. Jackson Bohm and Nolan Franz each contributed eight points. Landon Hannah had… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had their top team scoring output of the season on Thursday (March 4), overpowering Paris Crestwood 63-5 in the M-S gymnasium. The home team put up 19 first-quarter points. The previous team high for points in a game was 50. Gavin Hammerschmidt scored a team-high 16 points, becoming the… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team concluded a 3-0 week with wins on successive nights. On Friday (March 5), won at Taylorville, 63-39, and on Saturday (March 6), M-S won at home over Mattoon, 67-55. When the Bulldogs previously played those opponents, they had beaten Taylorville in overtime and lost to Mattoon by… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman Aron Varga and junior Max Katz each won two individual events and helped two relays emerge victorious on Saturday (March 6) as Mahomet-Seymour claimed team honors in the unofficial Apollo Conference boys’ swimming meet at the Mattoon YMCA. M-S amassed 119 points. Runner-up Charleston had 74 points. Lincoln had 22… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Football is back. “I wasn’t sure that we would get to this point,” St. Joseph-Ogden football coach Shawn Skinner said. He has had plenty of company in the Doubters’ Club since the start of the 2020-21 school year began in August without the traditional fall sports such as football, boys‘ soccer… Read more

By Fred Kroner Durbin Thomas had the hot hand on Monday (March 1) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team completed a come-from-behind win at home over Mount Zion. The Bulldogs swept the season series from their Apollo Conference rivals, 46-43. The Bulldogs captured a 12-point win the first time the schools played. M-S trailed by… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Braden Finch and Luke Koller each registered double-doubles on Tuesday (March 2) as Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team completed a season sweep of Apollo Conference rival Mount Zion. The Bulldogs posted a 57-50 victory on their own home court. M-S won the previous meeting by 18 points. Finch scored 14 points and… Read more

By Fred Kroner The M-S seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to five games before it came to a halt. The last win in the streak was on Monday (Feb. 22), a 30-4 triumph at Champaign Franklin. Jackson Bohm led a balanced attack with eight points. Landon Hannah scored seven points. Cade Ashby… Read more