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By Fred Kroner Junior Owen Kearns was a two-event individual winner and also helped two relays to victory on Saturday (Dec. 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team opened the season with a victory in a three-school meet at Charleston. Kearns was triumphant in the 100-yard butterfly (57.77 seconds) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.91).\ In… Read more

By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron scored a game-high 22 points, but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team dropped its Apollo Conference opener on Friday (Dec. 2), a 44-39 loss at Mount Zion. The Bulldogs led, 12-10, after one quarter and 19-18 at halftime. Chloe Pruitt contributed eight points for M-S. The top Bulldog rebounders – with… Read more

By Fred Kroner Adam Dyer came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points on Thursday (Dec. 1) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a narrow 53-51 triumph at Mattoon. Dyer also cleared five rebounds. Trey Peters posted the team’s first double-double of the season, matching points and rebounds… Read more

This photo album of MSJHS boys’ basketball team is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Kris Kasillas was the photographer. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/MSJHS-Boys-Basketball-2022/. Read more

This photo album of MSJHS girls’ basketball team is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Kris Kasillas was the photographer. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/MSJHS-Girls-Basketball-2022/. Read more

By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron registered 19 points on Tuesday (Nov. 29) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team bounced back from a loss in its previous game with a resounding 64-38 triumph at home over Bloomington Central Catholic. Chloe Pruitt netted a season-high 13 points and Kylie Waldinger notched 11 points. Durbin Thomas contributed seven… Read more

By Brett McMahon The 40th Annual Mahomet-Seymour High School Madrigal performances are set for December 9-11 and promise to incorporate the magic of the Christmas season. When the Madrigal dinner and performance was started back in 1977, no one would have predicted how long the tradition would run. The first handful of performances simply laid the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Returning to action on Tuesday (Nov. 29) after an eight-day layoff, both the seventh- and eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour Junior High boys’ basketball teams emerged with victories at home. The eighth-graders used a balanced scoring attack to defeat visiting Champaign St. Matthew, 35-27. Parker Henry led the way with an eight-point outing. Bryson Tiefenthaler… Read more

By Fred Kroner The basketball season for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High eighth-grade girls’ basketball team came to an end on Tuesday (Nov. 29) with a 31-29 loss at home to Champaign Edison in an IESA Class 4A regional semifinal game. The contest marked a rematch of the seventh-grade regional championship game from 2021. The Bulldogs… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron has played AAU basketball since she was in sixth grade, and it has prepared her for the future. Just not in the way that many might expect. Many of her travel-team teammates are athletes the Mahomet-Seymour senior has seen on the opposing side of the court while playing high… Read more