BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Kadyn Jones had a goal and an assist on Saturday as the Bulldogs returned to their winning ways with a 2-0 triumph at home over Apollo Conference rival Lincoln. The shutout was the fourth shutout of the season for M-S. After a scoreless first half at Middletown […]
Month: October 2019
M-S Volleyball on nine-game win streak
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs’ winning streak hit nine matches on Thursday – all in two-set sweeps – with a 25-17, 25-11 triumph at home over Taylorville. Makayla Rosenbery had four kills and two blocks. Haley Orton had four kills, two digs and one block. In junior varsity action, M-S […]
Bulldog cross country building on mid-season gains
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Boys’ cross-country Four Bulldogs placed among the top 35 individuals in Saturday’s 29-school Metamora Invitational at Black Patridge Park. Kyle Nofziger was ninth, Joseph Scheele was 15th, Jonah Singer was 32nd and Nick Mies was 33rd. Nofziger was timed in 15 minutes, 16.9 seconds for the […]
Winters qualifies for Sectional tournament
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ golf Freshman Ainsley Winters was the lone Mahomet-Seymour athlete to qualify for the girls’ Class 1A sectional golf tournament. In Thursday’s regional at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club, in Champaign, Winters fired a 96 and was one of 10 individuals to move on to the sectional, […]
Bulldogs rise over Charleston with team effort
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Jon Adkins returned to his old stomping grounds on Friday and enjoyed a happy homecoming in Charleston. His first Mahomet-Seymour football team needed less than 5 minutes to reach the end zone and never trailed en route to a 20-12 triumph over the Trojans. It was the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Cross Country state tradition continues, basketball takes invite
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A tradition of excellence more than 30 years in the making was continued on Saturday in a Class 3A boys’ junior high school cross-country sectional meet at Urbana’s Prairie Park. Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grader Davin Tietz qualified for the state finals by posting an 11-minute clocking in his 2-mile […]
Village to look at rec. marijuana sales again in November
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com “When I served on the Village board, I preached to our citizens that if you want to make sure that your back yard and front yard stay the way you want it, attend your Village meetings,” Vicki Cook said during the public comment section of the Village […]
Feldkamps West gives back to breast cancer community throughout October
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com For every eight women in the United States, one will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Even as Cathy Croft continues to undergo her own treatments for breast cancer, this statistic — one in eight women in the U.S. — is what she spends […]
Acceptable Use Policy revision leads to discussion about student data
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Since the Mahomet-Seymour School District implemented a one-to-one initiative for grades 6-12, student device rights and policies have been a topic of conversation. Meghan Hennesy, who was elected to the school board in April of 2019, is asking her fellow board members and district administration to […]
M-S boys’ golf season comes to an end
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Jameson Drinkwalter fired an 89 and posted the top score for the Bulldogs in Monday’s Class 2A Centennial Regional at the UI Golf course, in Savoy. No M-S competitors advanced to sectionals. Other Bulldog postseason scores were Sam Mitchaner (90), Jacob Louis (91), Erik Christianson […]