By Fred Kroner Junior Eden Oelze was a double winner and senior Olivia McMurry captured a win in one event on Saturday (Oct. 9) helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ swimming team to a fourth-place finish in the eight-school Urbana Invitational. Oelze won the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 28.81 seconds) and […]
By Fred Kroner Lincoln made a first-half goal stand up on Saturday (Oct. 9) and shut out the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team for the second time this season, 1-0, in an Apollo Conference match. M-S is 8-2 in league play, with both losses to the Railsplitters. M-S (13-7-1) concludes the […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Ainsley Winters put together rounds of 76 and 77 to tie for 14th in the girls’ IHSA Class 1A golf tournament at Decatur’s Red Tail Run Golf Course. The two-day event ended on Saturday (Oct. 9). Winters is the first top-15 state finisher in the […]
By Fred Kroner The unbeaten and state-ranked Mahomet-Seymour football team went on the road on Friday (Oct. 8) and made Peoria Richwoods its seventh consecutive victim of the season. M-S jumped into a 41-7 halftime lead en route to a 54-28 non-conference victory. The point total represented a season’s high. […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the ramp from eastbound Interstate 74 to southbound I-57 in Champaign will close Oct. 11. The closure is necessary to build a temporary ramp for eastbound I-74 to southbound I-57 for the duration of the larger interchange construction project and is expected to last about four months. Motorists wanting to exit eastbound I-74 to southbound […]
Five Illinois Republicans introduced a legislative package this week to empower law enforcement. State Senator Chapin Rose, who held a press conference Wednesday said that the measure was to curb recent violent acts in Illinois communities. State Senators John Curran (R-Downers Grove), Jil Tracy (R-Quincy), Steve McClure (R-Springfield), and Brian […]
Mahomet-Seymour Senior Titus Payne led the Bulldogs to a win over Mattoon with a hat trick (three goals) on Oct. 5. Payne has been a driving force in Mahomet-Seymour’s 13-6-1, including providing an assist in a draw with fifth-ranked Morton. Other recent notable performances for the striker include a first-half […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Avery Allen posted a double-double on Tuesday (Oct. 5) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team scored a three-set win at Mount Zion, 25-13, 21-25, 25-23. Allen registered 12 kills and 12 digs. Teammate Grace Rodebaugh contributed eight kills and six blocks. M-S (17-5 overall) is 7-1 in […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Olivia McMurry and junior Eden Oelze were each individual winners on Monday (Oct. 4) in a four-team girls’ swimming meet at Danville. McMurry captured top honors in the 100-yard backstroke to go with a runner-up performance in the 100-yard freestyle. Oelze was victorious in the 100-yard […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Savannah Amatyleon won the Apollo Conference girls’ tennis championship at No. 6 singles on Monday 9 (Oct. 4). The second-seeded Amatyleon posted a 6-0, 6-3 win in the semifinals and ousted the top-seeded player in her bracket, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the finals. She was the […]
