The Mahomet-Seymour School District is gearing up for the fourth session of the Bulldog Blueprint initiative on Oct. 19 (in-person) and Oct. 21 (online). Billed as a time to develop and evaluate solutions for facilities within the district, BLDD Architect Damien Schlitt said that plans from Session 3 will be […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Nick Berger, who won the Lake of the Woods club championship during the summer, continued his stellar golf season during the weekend. Berger teamed up with Lyle Burns to capture first place in the championship flight of the two-person better-ball tournament at Lake of the Woods. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Auggie Gaudio was the IESA Class 3A sectional boys’ cross-country individual champion and the eighth-grader led the Bulldogs to the team title on Saturday (Oct. 9) at Lake of the Woods. Gaudio was two seconds away from a course record when he covered the 2-mile course […]
By Fred Kroner With its top seven runners crossing the finish line within 43 seconds of one another on Saturday (Oct. 9) in an IESA Class 3A girls’ cross-country sectional at Lake of the Woods, the Mahomet-Seymour squad qualified for state. “It is evident that we were in one of […]
By Fred Kroner Both Mahomet-Seymour junior high girls’ basketball teams won championships in their own four-team round-robin tournament, which ended on Thursday (Oct. 7). The unbeaten seventh-graders defeated Tolono Unity, 26-8, in the finals, led by a game-high 10 points from Courtney Fonte. Hannah Martin added eight points for the […]
By Will Payne Here in Mahomet, the leaves are beginning to change, and the weather is getting a little cooler. Although the fun days of summer are behind us, Halloween is coming very soon! Luckily for citizens throughout the Mahomet area, there are several fun activities for both kids and […]
In East Central Illinois, we are on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. Although it has not been recorded that Natives lived on land in Champaign County because of its marshy qualities, the tribes nearby surely hunted […]
By Fred Kroner The sixth-ranked (Class 2A) Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team finished second to (Class 3A) Palatine on Saturday (Oct. 9) in the 22-school Runnin’ Red Invitational at Black Partridge Park, in Metamora. Palatine had a team composite of 48 points. M-S was next at 105 points. Third-place Oswego East […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s top five runners ran within 58 seconds of each other on Saturday (Oct. 9) in the 20-school Runnin’ Red Invitational at Black Partridge Park, in Metamora. Ava Boyd was the 12th-place runner in a field of 192 competitors. Her time for a 2.94-mile race was 19 […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Caylee Folken, junior Grace Rodebaugh and sophomore Avery Allen were named to the all-tournament team on Saturday (Oct. 9) as Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team won the championship at the Quincy Invitational. M-S dispatched Freeburg (25-15, 25-15), West Prairie (25-11, 25-10) and Hannibal, Mo. (25-15, 25-14) in pool […]
