By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com Sophomore Ainsley Winters was the team medalist for the Bulldogs in a Tuesday meet against Monticello at Lake of the Woods. Her nine-hole tally was 47. Monticello won the dual meet 177-209 behind the women’s course record for a tournament round of 33 by Ashley Long. Other […]
Month: September 2020
Centennial edged out Mahomet-Seymour on University of Illinois course
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Courson tied for second and Carter Selk placed fourth individually on Monday, but the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team dropped a narrow decision to Centennial at the University of Illinois Orange course at Savoy. Courson fired a 42 and Selk carded a 43. Centennial won the […]
IHSA Adds Policy To Further Protect Students Against Hate Speech & Harassment
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) implemented a new Board of Directors Policy aimed at addressing hate speech and harassment during the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting on August 24, 2020. The IHSA Hate Speech and Harassment Policy reiterates that the Association does not tolerate hate speech or harassment, while seeking to provide […]
University of Illinois reports over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in 17 days, steps of enforcement measures
The University of Illinois reached out to students via Mass Mail Wednesday as they step up enforcement of COVID-19 safety guidelines after an increase of 330 cases on campus in two days. Since move-in began on Aug. 16, there have been 1,013 new cases according to the University’s Shield Testing […]
Mahomet Board to hear about raising chickens on residential property
The Village of Mahomet Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees approved a measure that will allow chicken (hens only) to be raised within residences zoned R‐1A, R‐1B, R‐1C, and R‐2. Should the amendment be approved by the board, not everyone who lives on a […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame Class of 2020 to be inducted April 9
The Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation announced this week delays for inducting its fourth Hall of Fame Class. The four selections – Jason Seaman, Leo Vitali, Janet Watkins and Fred Kroner – were originally scheduled to be enshrined on Sept. 18 prior to the Homecoming football game against Effingham. Due to the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Baseball remains unbeaten with win over PBL
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs needed a walk-off hit by Henry Wagner in the bottom of the seventh on Thursday (Aug. 27) to earn a 6-5 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Both schools entered the game with 3-0 season records. M-S tallied two runs in the bottom of […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High opens season with victory over St. Joseph
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country teams were victorious on Monday in their season-opening meets at 13 Acres Field. M-S defeated St. Joseph, 20-61, in the girls’ meet. The Bulldog boys earned a narrow triumph over St. Joseph, 24-31. The M-S girls had seven consecutive finishers, and they […]
Mahomet Honor Parade focuses on giving back
What can the Mahomet Lions club do for the community? It’s one of the first questions they answer when they think about fundraising. Like everything else in 2020, the Mahomet Lions Club was not able to put up their beer tent at the Mahomet Music Festival due to its cancellation. […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie learning tubs help teachers bring history to life
There are 61 schools in Champaign County with a little more than 25,000 students in grades K-12. But only one educational entity in Champaign County has all those students, their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandparents in mind: the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Each year the Museum hosts exhibits, […]