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  • Mahomet-Seymour Swimming defeats Lincoln and Jacksonville

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Evan Herriott and Max Katz were double individual winners on Tuesday as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving team defeated two opponents at Lincoln. The Bulldogs (8-5) amassed 141 points to outdistance Lincoln (86) and Jacksonville (71). Herriott was triumphant in both the 200- and 100-yard freestyle events. Katz took top… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Cheer places fifth at IESA State Competition

    BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High cheerleading squad placed fifth at the IESA state competition on Saturday. The 16-member squad began training for the 2019-20 season after tryouts last May. “For most of the summer, they go to camp and have practice, so that’s really where they learn just the basics of how to… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Wrestling tops Champaign Central and Pontiac

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The state-ranked Bulldogs – 22nd in Class 2A according to The Illinois Best Weekly – topped two opponents in dual meets Thursday night at Champaign Central. M-S (19-1) handled Pontiac 64-12 and Champaign Central 72-11. All 14 varsity grapplers who competed for M-S won at least one match and 10 posted at… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball fights off Dunlap

    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

    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

    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

    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

  • Mahomet-Seymour wrestling captures two Apollo Conference wins

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw (220 pounds) registered two pins.… Read more

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

    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

  • Mahomet-Seymour Speech team results from Glenwood

    Students pictured (L – R) : Kylie Fuoss, Tadeo Ruiz, Savannah Smith, Zoe Hovde, Madison Ade, Averhy Sanborn The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team competed in their fourth tournament on Jan. 18 at Glenwood High School in Chatham IL. Six Mahomet-Seymour students competed in 10 events at the tournament, against 18 other Illinois schools. Three students… Read more