Author: Fred Kroner

By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com Senior Olivia Ross secured top four finishes in three individual events on Monday (Sept. 14) as M-S opened its girls’ swimming and diving season with a 109-31 loss at Centennial. Ross was third in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races and added a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. Two teammates… Read more

The Bulldogs had two top-10 placers on Monday (Sept. 14) in the Champaign County boys’ golf tournament at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club. Zach Courson fired an 89 and tied for fourth place. Teammate Jameson Drinkwalter carded a 90 and tied for sixth. Other M-S competitors were Jackson White (95), who tied for 11th, C.J. Shoaf… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sophomore teammates Ainsley Winters and Kayla McKinney placed second and third, respectively, on Tuesday (Sept. 15), leading the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golf team to its third consecutive dual-meet victory. Winters fired a 46 and McKinney shot a 49 at Meadowview Golf Course, in Mattoon. M-S edged the Green Wave, 205-207. The Bulldogs… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joe Mills remembers taking his sons and his father to Cubs baseball games at Wrigley Field. One particular game stands out in his mind because it was the last time he accompanied his father Thomas, who is now deceased, to a game. Chicago’s starting pitcher that day was Carlos Zambrano. Until… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs swept the top three spots and registered eight of the top-10 placers on Thursday (Sept. 10) in a three-school non-scored meet at Mount Zion that also included Monticello. M-S’ Emma Frazier led teammates Emmaline Culp and Camryn Nelson across the finish line. Frazier’s winning 2-mile time was 15 minutes… Read more

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs secured eight of the top 10 places in a non-scored boys’ cross-country meet on Thursday (Sept. 10) at Mount Zion for a three-school meet that also included Monticello. M-S’ Corban McMinn was the runner-up in the 35-person boys’ 2-mile race. His time was 13 minutes and 39 seconds. He was… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It took seven games for Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team to record its first shutout of the season. Then, the Bulldogs needed just one more day to register their second shutout. Playing at Champaign’s Spalding Park on Thursday (Sept. 10), M-S blanked Champaign Franklin 11-0. M-S plated five runs in the… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com *All photos and video submitted The fans were in position. The National Anthem was played, on cue. The race starter followed with a countdown, announced through a Bluetooth speaker, going from 10 to the firing of the airhorn after reaching the number one. With that brief prelude, the 2020 Boston Marathon… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Ainsley Winters led the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golf team to victory on Thursday (Sept.10) in a three-school meet at Decatur’s South Side Country Club. Winters fired a season-best 45. M-S’ team composite score was 215. Runner-up Mount Zion totaled a 219 and third-place Lincoln finished at 256. Two other Bulldogs, Gaby… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Erik Christianson posted the low score for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team on Tuesday (Sept. 8) and placed third individually in a dual meet loss to Monticello at Lake of the Woods. Christianson fired a 41. Jameson Drinkwalter shot a 42 and tied for fourth. Placing sixth was M-S’ Carter Selk… Read more