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  • Impressive 21-win season leaves M-S seventh grade basketball hopeful

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A 21-win season for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end on Wednesday with a 44-32 Class 4A IESA regional championship game loss to Danville North Ridge. M-S ends the season with a 21-4 record. Following an 0-2 start to the season, the Bulldogs won 21 of their… Read more

  • Coleman’s 29 helps Bulldogs to defeat Bloomington

    Fred Kroner

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman’s 29-point, nine-rebound performance sparked the Bulldogs to their second narrow win in four days on Tuesday, a 62-60 verdict over Bloomington. The Bulldogs built a 36-26 lead at halftime. “We played a great first half,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We were able to get stops finally as Bloomington maintained… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball posts third consecutive win

    Fred Kroner

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Eight players scored points on Tuesday, but no one reached double figures as the Bulldogs recorded their third consecutive win, a 41-28 triumph at St. Thomas More. Savannah Orgeron led the balanced Bulldog attack with eight points. Makayla Rosenbery scored seven points, Durbin Thomas ended with seven points and Nichole Taylor added… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball fights off Dunlap

    Fred Kroner

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs doubled the score on Dunlap at halftime Friday night (32-16) and then needed late heroics to walk away with a 63-62 non-conference triumph. “We had to survive a furious barrage from Dunlap in the fourth quarter,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We ultimately lost our lead we’d had the entire… Read more

  • Taylor’s grabs seventh double-double

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour won for the sixth time in its last eight games on Thursday, edging Bloomington Central Catholic 44-40 in a non-conference girls’ basketball game in Mahomet. Sophomore Nichole Taylor put together her team-best seventh double-double of the season. She scored 17 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Taylor was 11 for 15… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Basketball ready for tournament play, Volleyball defeats Urbana

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A 17-game winning streak for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end last week, but the Bulldogs immediately started a new streak on Tuesday. M-S lost a 40-35 decision to Champaign Jefferson on Jan. 16. Trey Peters scored a team-high eight points. Gavin Hammerschmidt and Nate Hale each ended… Read more

  • Balanced scoring puts Mahomet-Seymour over Centennial

    Fred Kroner

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten players scored, led by Nichole Taylor with 11 points, on Tuesday as M-S won at Centennial 57-25. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. Durbin Thomas registered 10 points, Makayla Rosenbery scored nine points and Sammie Beyer added seven points. Taylor also cleared a team-high nine rebounds. Thomas contributed five rebounds… Read more

  • Vanderhydt’s buzzer-beats sends Washington over Mahomet-Seymour

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Washinton’s Devon Vanderheydt hit a buzzer-beater Tuesday night, sending the Panthers past visiting Mahomet-Seymour 52-50 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. “I tip my hat to the Vanderhydt kid, who hit a tough shot with a hand in his face,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We’d guarded their initial play well and… Read more

  • Orgeron’s 17-points not enough to pull Bulldogs over Effingham

    Fred Kroner

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a career-high 17 points on Thursday, but M-S suffered a 54-48 Apollo Conference loss at Effingham. Orgeron also hit a new career-high with five three-point field goals. The 5-foot-10 freshman totaled 46 points and six three-pointers in her first 16 high school games, but has put up 59 points… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour junior high boys’ basketball and volleyball recaps

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com With balanced scoring continuing to be a bonus, the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning ways with three victories by margins of nine, or fewer, points. The team’s winning streak was at 17 games before Thursday’s 40-35 loss to Champaign Jefferson. The seventh-graders are 17-3 overall and the No. 1… Read more