Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team followed up on an overtime loss with its most dominating win of the season. M-S dropped a 39-36 decision on Monday (Feb. 22) at Champaign Franklin, but responded on Thursday (Feb. 25) with a 49-13 triumph at home over Tolono Unity. Against Franklin, Luke Dyer totaled… Read more

By Fred Kroner The season-long unbeaten streak for the eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ volleyball team was stopped on Thursday (Feb. 25) at Monticello. M-S dropped a 25-19, 25-23 decision. The Bulldogs fell behind 6-2 in the first set and trailed 22-14 in the second set. The Bulldogs did pull into a 23-23 tie in the final… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won 9 of 12 events – including a sweep of the three relays – and outpointed Urbana on Saturday (Feb. 27) in a boys’ dual swimming meet at the Urbana Aquatic Center, 101-81. After six events, the Bulldogs trailed by a point. Two Bulldogs, Aron Varga and Mitch McAnally placed first… Read more

By Fred Kroner Since the second half of the Apollo Conference girls’ basketball schedule has started, there has been one consistent element for Mahomet-Seymour’s team. The opponents the Bulldogs lost to during the first round, they have beaten in the rematch. The team M-S had defeated earlier, it lost to the second time. The loss… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour registered its most significant win of the boys’ basketball season on Friday (Feb. 26), earning a 62-61 victory at Effingham. Effingham was ranked 10th in the state in Class 3A and had won its first 10 games before the Bulldogs snapped the streak. Eli Warren tallied a season-high 23 points… Read more

By Fred Kroner Freshman Owen Kearns won two individual events on Tuesday (Feb. 23), helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in a three-school boys’ swimming meet at Lincoln College. Kearns was victorious in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle. Springfield rolled up 134 points to capture team honors. M-S was next with 116… Read more

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner’s buzzer-beater capped Mahomet-Seymour’s comeback from a 15-point halftime deficit on Monday (Feb. 22) as the Bulldogs edged visiting Mattoon 63-62 in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball contest. Mattoon, which had beaten M-S by seven points earlier this month, built a 35-20 halftime cushion in the rematch. The Bulldogs cut their… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eli Warren scored seven of his team-high 18 points in overtime on Wednesday (Feb. 24) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team pulled away from Taylorville, 48-42, for an Apollo Conference win at home. The teams were tied 40-40 after regulation. Warren also had a team-high five assists. “He was really instrumental… Read more

Trey Peters tallied a team-high 16 points on Wednesday (Feb. 10) as the Bulldogs overpowered Champaign Edison in Mahomet, 44-26. Luke Dyer scored 13 points. “We were able to create turnovers and play pretty solid defense throughout the game,” coach Doug Ingold said. On Thursday (Feb. 18), Dyer sparked the Bulldogs to a 40-21 win… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high girls’ volleyball teams each needed three sets to secure wins on Wednesday (Feb. 17) at Clinton. The seventh-grade team rebounded from a loss in its previous match by putting away the Maroons, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23. Ava Hewitt’s seven-point run from the service line was instrumental in clinching the… Read more